Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Fruit stolen as ammunition (9) 8 Ways in broadsheets (5) 10 A carer with firm fruit (5) 12 Encountered the police in London (3) 13 Rushed out of France (3) 14 Sound astonished to find new gaps (4) 15 Feature changing space and time (6) 16 Arrange by command (5) 18 Strange dame has us tickled (6) 20 I return to a small amount (4) 22 See nothing in senility (3) 23 Perform in Clacton (3) 24 The first ceremony was dull (5) 25 Copper, say, left after mate juggled (5) 26 Organising any recent celebration (9)

DOWN

2 Somehow smear a lot of paper (5) 3 Stop sending letters (4) 4 A press review is not dense (6) 5 Gas round the region (5) 6 They crow of child’s gag about rector (9) 7 Just leading characters, to start with (9) 9 Notes suggest a down payment (7) 11 Fancy a limit on food? (7) 15 Join a religious man (3) 17 Give in concerning fast (6) 19 Join military group to the east (5) 21 Creature less cold in the East End (5) 23 Mean to change the last word (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Cannon charge (9) 8 Streets (5) 10 Oak fruit (5) 12 Assembled (3) 13 Sprinted (3) 14 Inhale in surprise (4) 15 View (6) 16 Align (5) 18 Entertained (6) 20 Trace (4) 22 Zero (3) 23 Behave (3) 24 Hackneyed (5) 25 Type of element (5) 26 100th anniversary (9)

DOWN

2 Large quantity (5) 3 Mail (4) 4 Scattered (6) 5 Form of oxygen (5) 6 Boasters (9) 7 At first (9) 9 Put down (7) 11 Whim (7) 15 Append (3) 17 Be merciful (6) 19 Merge (5) 21 Freshwater mammal (5) 23 Prayer ending (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror