Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Puree wasted money (5) 4 Six undercover are wild (5) 7 Procure from strange tradesman (3) 9 Bishop united with bird and dog (6) 11 Log improved with shine (4) 12 Sort of milkman (3) 13 Order chaps in some food (7) 15 Spend time in the corridor (7)

18 Drink of character, say (3) 19 Tidy in one attempt (4)

20 Flyer ruinous to cave (6) 23 Growling about

argument (3)

24 Accommodation

stolen by the Spanish (5) 25 Strange wire

sent with note (5)

DOWN

1 Talk and drink — it’s a hit (6,5) 2 Encourage farm produce (3) 3 Swimmer feeling around (3) 5 House makes Virginia sick inside (5) 6 Blue feathers — hate red variety (11) 8 Contemporary with part-timer (4) 10 Demand, when king (3) 13 Betting on a spring (3) 14 Juicer contains something cold (3)

16 Last change includes new inclination (5) 17 Rage about clothing (4) 18 Sticking with jerk (3) 21 Promise victory to old wife (3)

22 Now employees

have to be obliged (3)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Currency unit (5) 4 Furious (5) 7 Obtain (3) 9 Breed of hound (6) 11 Radiate (4) 12 Kind (3)

13 Leafy vegetable (7) 15 Aisle (7) 18 Beverage (3) 19 Smart (4) 20 Wading bird (6) 23 Quarrel (3) 24 Boarding house (5)

25 Peculiar (5)

DOWN

1 Sharp blow (6,5) 2 Ovum (3) 3 Long fish (3) 5 Roman dwelling (5) 6 Depressed (11) 8 Office worker (4) 10 Enquire (3) 13 Health farm (3) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Slope (5)

17 Cog (4) 18 Spasm (3) 21 Pledge (3) 22 Be indebted to (3) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror