Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Britons yearn for a conifer (5,4) 8 Sailor takes poem home (5) 10 Small border it’s like grass (5)

12 Raw material from Korea (3) 13 Label a game (3)

14 Note changed in quality (4) 15 Wrong of the others to get wood (6) 16 Stand delay (5) 18 Pursue right to have beer after spirits (6) 20 Doctor sees work fall (4) 22 Swan enclosure (3) 23 Animal gives party energy (3)

24 A room for a trophy (5) 25 Enough to have beer with politician (5)

26 Nearly let out for evermore (9)

DOWN

2 Sing terrible corn about nothing (5)

3 It grows in the street (4) 4 Plot is involving a gun (6) 5 Elbow uncovered with force (5) 6 Rearranging attic,

I can be a schemer (9) 7 Somehow settle pup one of seven (9) 9 Furniture useful to an actor (7) 11 Organised medal or title (7) 15 Remote RAF manoeuvre (3) 17 Sensitive offer (6) 19 Isolated a section (5) 21 Drive back to see film about parking (5) 23 Attorney volunteers information (4) Quick clues ACROSS 1 Type of evergreen (5,4) 8 Dwelling (5) 10 Grass-like plant (5) 12 Mineral (3) 13 Sticker (3) 14 Strengthen (muscles) (4) 15 Thicket (6) 16 Cubicle (5) 18 Second drink (6) 20 Decrease (4) 22 Biro (3) 23 Female deer (3) 24 Honour (5) 25 Sufficient (5) 26 Forever (9)

DOWN

2 Sing (5)

3 Large shrub (4) 4 Firearm (6) 5 Prod gently (5) 6 Strategist (9) 7 One of seven children (9) 9 Crockery cabinet (7) 11 Noble title (7) 15 Distant (3)

17 Sore (6) 19 Separate (5) 21 Disgust (5) 23 Facts (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror