Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Silent thanks for tic returning (5) 4 Angry sign (5) 7 Shelter from sleet (3) 9 Criminal lout upset a wife (6) 11 Terribly neat feature of Sicily (4) 12 A crawler, when quiet (3) 13 Team’s weapon supply (7) 15 Toy hens turn out to be best policy (7) 18 British artist in underwear (3) 19 Inclination to design pram (4) 20 Emphasis on dialect (6) 23 Second person to sound like a sheep (3) 24 Ye old form of singing (5) 25 At no time was nerve lost (5)

DOWN

1 Novelist had ham story rewritten (6,5) 2 Sick of villagers (3) 3 Drink of character, say (3) 5 Loud note played outside many times (5) 6 Tiny amount of trifle (5,6) 8 We’re off to get a jug (4) 10 Stopped around summit (3) 13 Animal in glasses (3) 14 Notice mole (3) 16 Hardly crazy wanderer (5) 17 Try a new dish (4) 18 Last word from the cricket? (3) 21 Swindle prisoner (3) 22 Copper gets point of signal (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Implied (5) 4 Traverse (5) 7 Mr Mack? (3) 9 Bandit (6) 11 European volcano (4) 12 Serpent (3) 13 Weapon store (7) 15 Frankness (7) 18 Lingerie item (3) 19 Slope (4) 20 Stress (6) 23 Pronoun (3) 24 Sing, Swiss-style (5) 25 Not once (5)

DOWN

1 English novelist (6,5) 2 Unwell (3) 3 Beverage (3) 5 Frequently (5) 6 Minor issue (5,6) 8 Pitcher (4) 10 Apex (3) 13 Donkey (3) 14 Secret agent (3) 16 Bedouin (5) 17 Salver (4) 18 Leave-taking word (3) 21 Deceive (3) 22 Prompt (3)