Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
Cryptic clues ACROSS
1 European society at the ends of the world (5) 4 Beneath foreign articles (5) 7 Slippery around rim (3) 9 Engineers flag and call it a day (6)
11 The picture contains a story (4)
12 Scared to include transport (3) 13 Woman has resting-place for cheese (7)
15 Crept to edit top composition (7) 18 Vessel for gullible person (3) 19 Plant makes Frenchman sick (4) 20 Fellow joins the Spanish church (6) 23 Trendy joint (3)
24 Left port full (5) 25 Cracked code with right ornamentation (5)
DOWN
1 Soldier changed to camel medicine (11) 2 Delighted with name (3) 3 Teacher back in prison (3) 5 Opted to change store (5) 6 Can’t manoeuvre in uniform shape (11) 8 Fairy of superiority (4) 10 Mound of distortions (3) 13 City of priority (3) 14 Payment method for swimmer (3) 16 Quietly lied about being neatly arranged (5) 17 Every ache is treated (4) 18 Pam’s new plan (3) 21 Concealed in both ideas (3) 22 Copy of tapestry (3) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Quick clues ACROSS
1 Posts (5) 4 Below (5) 7 Facial feature (3)
9 Stop working (6) 11 On a grand scale (4) 12 Vehicle (3) 13 Italian cheese (7) 15 Walked furtively (7) 18 Large cup (3) 19 Factory (4) 20 Place of Christian worship (6) 23 Body part (3) 24 Loaded (5) 25 Furnishings (5)
DOWN
1 Painkiller (11) 2 Biblical priest (3) 3 Term of respect (3) 5 Warehouse (5) 6 Having right angles (11) 8 Supernatural being (4)
10 Hill (3) 13 Brazilian city (3) 14 Food fish (3) 16 Stacked (5) 17 Apiece (4) 18 Navigational aid (3) 21 Shrouded (3) 22 Primate (3) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror