Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Attempts to organise rites (5) 4 Cyril’s lost for words (5) 7 Originally called in one engineer (3) 9 Sensitive offer (6) 11 Insult indistinctly (4) 12 Rule internally flawed (3) 13 Failure to get young lady new lace (7) 15 Communicate at high speed (7) 18 Animal in glasses (3) 19 Like a family (4) 20 Deity orders a chicken in Spain (6) 23 Draw digit, say (3) 24 City can produce language (5) 25 Nervous part of speech (5)

DOWN

1 Good memory of whole amount? (5,6) 2 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 3 Regard for diocese (3) 5 Souvenir of pure licentiousness (5) 6 Basis sent coroner mad (11) 8 Language in another sentence (4) 10 Won over for the present (3) 13 Owing to condensation, say (3) 14 British and American transport (3) 16 Beer around a coat (5) 17 Teas brewed behind (4) 18 Heard bitter trouble (3) 21 Kitty is a dish (3) 22 Now employees have to be

obliged (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Samples (5) 4 Song words (5) 7 Born as (3) 9 Sore (6) 11 Slight (4) 12 Decree (3) 13 Fiasco (7) 15 Put into words (7) 18 Donkey (3) 19 Similar (4) 20 Greek deity (6) 23 Pull (3) 24 Dead language (5) 25 Anxious (5)

DOWN

1 Complete memory (5,6) 2 Finish (3) 3 Notice (3) 5 Artefact (5) 6 Foundation (11) 8 Gaelic (4) 10 Immediately (3) 13 Expected (3) 14 Coach (3) 16 Emulsion (5) 17 Chair (4) 18 Afflict (3) 21 Cooking vessel (3) 22 Be indebted to (3)