Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

ACROSS

1 Environmental space for actors (5,4) 8 Mares chewing a lot of sheets (5) 10 Talked of part of a wheel (5) 12 Compatible with Irishman (3) 13 Bird in the nest (3) 14 Presenter shot off (4) 15 Surface even confused queen (6) 16 Ruses contrived by employers (5) 18 Wise Cretan has unknown fact (6) 20 Time to order something (4) 22 Field of pleasure (3) 23 Level with first woman (3) 24 Ways to be mad or sad (5) 25 Saw tonne being transported (5) 26 Hates mine to change line (9)

DOWN

2 Gathers pears were cooked (5) 3 Point a set out (4) 4 Breakfast that’s more impetuous (6) 5 Gas round region (5) 6 Carthorse used by some musicians (9) 7 Agent on edge also gets dressing down (9) 9 Developed true mad version (7) 11 I have to follow writers who are serious (7) 15 Beastly medic? (3) 17 Time to add salt (6) 19 Woman caught the French artist (5) 21 Nervous part of speech (5) 23 Fletcher’s groove (4)

ACROSS

1 Backstage area (5,4) 8 Amounts of paper (5) 10 Chatted (5) 12 Affectionate tap (3) 13 Domestic fowl (3) 14 One with guests (4) 15 Coating (6) 16 Consumers (5) 18 Under wraps (6) 20 Unit (4) 22 Meadow (3) 23 Previous day (3) 24 Streets (5) 25 Part of a carpentry joint (5) 26 Yacht’s rope (9)

DOWN

2 Harvests (5) 3 Compass direction (4) 4 Slice of bacon (6) 5 Form of oxygen (5) 6 Philharmonic group (9) 7 Rebuke (9) 9 Ripened (7) 11 Thoughtful (7) 15 Animal doctor (3) 17 Autumn, eg (6) 19 Woman’s name (5) 21 Anxious (5) 23 Engrave (4)