Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Celebrity panel is right (9) 8 Vitamin can’t manage to perform (5) 10 Befuddle by taking top off oar (5) 12 Woman from Esher (3) 13 Thansk for grand game (3) 14 Ash covering street (4) 15 Dance jacket (6) 16 Growl at tangle (5) 18 Traces out sugar (6) 20 In and around a former empire (4) 22 Favourite gerbil, say (3) 23 Lose argument about the Med, for example (3) 24 Isolated a section (5) 25 Whisper to a team (5) 26 Gained feet in bed, somehow (9)

DOWN

2 The first to relax and ridicule (5) 3 Tear off at speed (4) 4 Speaker finds gold by a hill (6) 5 Dirge about bank (5) 6 Poetic tat scribbled on slip (9) 7 Given a medal, having wallpapered (9) 9 Man leaves one city for another (7) 11 Dawdles with key friends (7) 15 Exclude from pub (3) 17 Irritate at plant (6) 19 Small step into void (5) 21 A vine turned green (5) 23 Possibly airs dress (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Ship’s right (9) 8 Perform (5) 10 Confuse (5) 12 Pronoun (3) 13 Label (3) 14 Large shrub (4) 15 Spanish dance (6) 16 Growl (5) 18 Wheel (6) 20 Ancient Peruvian (4) 22 Domestic animal (3) 23 Body of water (3) 24 Separate (5) 25 Stage whisper (5) 26 Profited (9)

DOWN

2 Mock (5) 3 Scale (4) 4 Public speaker (6) 5 Crest (5) 6 Undergarment (9) 7 Embellished (9) 9 English city (7) 11 Lingers (7) 15 Ingot (3) 17 Stinging weed (6) 19 Room (5) 21 Inexperienced (5) 23 Indian dress (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror