Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
Cryptic clues
ACROSS 1 Film sprig (5) 4 Officers’ money (5) 7 About to have nothing but eggs (3) 9 Eraser used to trim edges of shrubbery (6) 11 Willing bird (4) 12 Twins have to gain (3) 13 Claimed to deconstruct mathematical point (7) 15 Admiration for new sceptre (7) 18 Hoping to include fastener (3) 19 Revealing about meat (4) 20 Intoxicated by British gambling (6) 23 Hearsay about organ (3) 24 Old Italian renovated manor (5) 25 Remove broken bidet (5)
DOWN 1 Warden gets motorist a drink (11) 2 Rob’s new sphere (3) 3 Lowest digit? (3) 5 Panic that wakes you up (5) 6 Paying for boiled eggs? (8,3) 8 Bird in another nest (4) 10 Key in container (3) 13 Owing to condensation, say (3) 14 Kitty will act up (3) 16 Some insects are small and affectionate (5) 17 Youngster with European dice (4) 18 Favourite dog, say (3) 21 Gladstone’s son (3) 22 Raw material from forest (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS 1 Fire (5) 4 Alloy (5) 7 Caviar (3) 9 Tree product (6) 11 Pastime (4) 12 Be victorious (3) 13 In base ten (7) 15 Esteem (7) 18 Brooch (3) 19 Escalope ingredient (4) 20 Inebriated (6) 23 Listening part (3) 24 Former empire (5) 25 Subtract (5)
DOWN 1 Hand tool (11) 2 Globe (3) 3 End of a sock (3) 5 Sudden terror (5) 6 Spending cash (8,3) 8 Sea eagle (4) 10 Receptacle (3) 13 Expected (3) 14 Feline mammal (3) 16 Group of locusts (5) 17 Geometric shape (4) 18 Domestic animal (3) 21 Boy (3) 22 Mineral (3)