Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Celebrity directors are right (9) 8 Catches different parts (5) 10 Small swelling to decline (5) 12 Fired with wrath (3) 13 Rubbish in statistics (3) 14 Bishop has single supporter (4) 15 Hate being tested, otherwise (6) 16 Skid on playground item (5) 18 Weaken instruction, say (6) 20 Got up, sore and confused (4) 22 Swan enclosure (3) 23 Father left friend (3) 24 Origins of Wimbledon favourites (5) 25 A party has one excuse (5) 26 Confused to be fed result another way (9)

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2 Instruct in art management (5) 3 Advance in Paris, especially (4) 4 Removed so duet could be performed (6) 5 Outer deviation in course (5) 6 Ties Basil in knots to add security (9) 7 Teach a tip about being unmoved (9) 9 Insisted reporters join journalist (7) 11 Afterwards took a student to one side (7) 15 Inside, holding racket (3) 17 Large sense about pieces of glass (6) 19 Arrange letters for a while (5) 21 Fruit that’s round, as it happens (5) 23 Heard bucket faded (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Ship’s right-hand side (9) 8 Snares (5) 10 Collapse (5) 12 Anger (3) 13 Shabby articles (3) 14 Skeleton part (4) 15 Loathe (6) 16 Slip (5) 18 Diminish (6) 20 Flower (4) 22 Writing implement (3) 23 Chum (3) 24 Plant ovules (5) 25 Legal defence (5) 26 Unsettled (9)

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2 Coach (5) 3 Ascend (4) 4 Evicted (6) 5 Journey (5) 6 Make steady (9) 7 Indifferent (9) 9 Squeezed (7) 11 At the edge (7) 15 Noise (3) 17 Camera parts (6) 19 Magic formula (5) 21 Martini garnish (5) 23 Colourless (4)