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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Hoax’s victim has time for dessert (5,4) 8 Fast old tempo (5) 10 Animated a veil badly (5) 12 Run off to get receptacle (3) 13 Firm with new prisoner (3) 14 Young dog and a smaller youngster (4) 15 Braces made of tree trunks (6) 16 Angry sign (5) 18 Sailor ruined date and subsided (6) 20 Row about rite (4) 22 Feathery snake? (3) 23 Swan enclosure (3) 24 Somehow hit road, or part of it (5) 25 Groan, using gas (5) 26 Separate new Easter egg (9)

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2 Greek character wasted pun on model (3-2) 3 Press club (4) 4 Commotion about a scarf (6) 5 Mention old tree (5) 6 Large creatures broke the panels (9) 7 Calculatin­g form of geraniums (9) 9 Some land or something to farm it (7) 11 Throw rest out as seafood (7) 15 Payment method for fish (3) 17 The aim of literature? (6) 19 Put up with a tender point (5) 21 Stumbling, otherwise, around bar (5) 23 Quietly nag about painful emotion (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Seasonal dupe (5,4) 8 Slow tempo (5) 10 Living (5) 12 Vase (3) 13 Deceive (3) 14 Immature insect (4) 15 Logs (6) 16 Irate (5) 18 Calmed down (6) 20 Layer (4) 22 Constricto­r (3) 23 Writing implement (3) 24 Fraction (5) 25 Type of gas (5) 26 Set apart (9)

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2 Pictured model (3-2) 3 Metal (4) 4 Squabble (6) 5 Give a view (5) 6 Large mammals (9) 7 Gauging (9) 9 Farm vehicle (7) 11 Crustacean (7) 15 Food fish (3) 17 Lecturer (6) 19 Tolerate (5) 21 Gold bar (5) 23 Sudden pain (4)

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