Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 The pig sat preparing Italian food (9) 8 Reversible blade hub? (5) 10 Permission to go (5) 12 Devoured more than seven, say (3) 13 Marched around bend (3) 14 Pistol left in bed (4) 15 Guide straight (6) 16 Drama involving a rope (5)

18 Man set out part of a flower (6)

20 Heard end of story (4) 22 Exclude from pub (3)

23 Teacher back in prison (3) 24 Press joins small clubs (5) 25 An appealing sort of accent (5) 26 Unable to hear notes fade out (5,4)

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2 Plate shaped like a bit of blossom (5) 3 Note nothing regarding blood (4)

4 I clear out a small cake (6) 5 Search crate out (5) 6 Follow diamonds, say, in sports attire (9) 7 Convenience for mild soldiers (9) 9 Arrange mat onto seat (7) 11 Zig-zagging right in a trice, drunkenly (7)

15 Study of cadences (3) 17 For every boy is individual (6) 19 Stop sailor spreading rot (5) 21 A massage on a Caribbean island (5) 23 Gloomy about new building material (4)

Solutions in Saturday’s Daily Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Type of pasta (9) 8 Helicopter part (5) 10 Depart (5) 12 Consumed (3) 13 Curve (3) 14 Young horse (4) 15 Candid (6)

16 Art form (5) 18 Pollen-bearing plant part (6)

20 Fable (4)

22 Ingot (3)

23 Term of respect (3) 24 Smooths (5)

25 Sharp (5)

26 Very hard

of hearing (5,4)

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2 Coloured flower part (5) 3 Pierce with a horn (4) 4 Cream bun (6) 5 Find (5) 6 Casual wear (9) 7 Chivalrous fellows (9) 9 Former empire (7) 11 Irregular (7) 15 Lair (3) 17 Human being (6) 19 Terminate (5) 21 Dutch Caribbean island (5) 23 Abrade (4) Solutions in Saturday’s Daily Mirror