Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Extend a chain around villa (5) 4 Eruption is fun (5) 7 Plump for new top (3) 9 He expects to work in a cafe (6) 11 Smile – chaotic student is going home! (4) 12 Knock Pat over (3) 13 Said about resistance having begun (7) 15 Surpass a celestial event (7) 18 Prosecute a woman (3) 19 Land in terrible rain (4) 20 Inferior fellow to blossom (6) 23 Mound of distortions (3) 24 Come in from barren terrain (5) 25 Reticent about trees (5)
DOWN
1 Uncompromising at a later stage (4,3,4) 2 Stolen from both others (3) 3 Copy of tapestry (3) 5 Representative time with book (5) 6 Questioning a type of burn (5,6) 8 Jog out of bistro tipsily (4) 10 One politician is a scamp (3) 13 Resin from his apples (3) 14 Wonder in drawer (3) 16 Smallest amount went stale (5) 17 Drunkard gets loud, then quiet (4) 18 This owner has to scatter seed (3) 21 A great deal of flotsam (3) 22 Raw material from forest (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Russian holiday house (5) 4 Explosion (5) 7 Choose (3) 9 Attendant (6) 11 Suburban home? (4) 12 Faucet (3) 13 Commenced (7) 15 Solar event (7) 18 Take to court (3) 19 Tehran’s country (4) 20 Bloom (6) 23 Hill (3) 24 Go in (5) 25 Curt (5)
DOWN
1 Later (4,3,4) 2 Very warm (3) 3 Primate (3) 5 Broker (5) 6 Harsh interrogation (5,6) 8 Horse’s gait (4) 10 Rascal (3) 13 Tree product (3) 14 Amazement (3) 16 Minimum (5) 17 Mild (4) 18 Female pig (3) 21 Auction item (3) 22 Mineral (3)