Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Exercise is able to produce food (5)

4 Endlessly harass for brooch (5) 7 The point of literature? (3) 9 Irritate at the plant (6) 11 Overburdened with a word (4) 12 Encountered the police in London (3)

13 Group spotted something cutting edge (7)

15 Bear and cat involved in entertainment (7)

18 Concurred with dog (3)

19 Not far from one argument (4) 20 Time and motion list (6)

23 Ruin in Denmark (3)

24 City can produce language (5) 25 Lions’ conceit (5)

DOWN

1 Hat a clan wore in cut-through (6,5)

2 Wanting to include tiny creature (3)

3 Nothing found in Manila (3) 5 Doctor gets points for attire (5) 6 Joint musical is a slog (5,6) 8 Wager with a foreign character (4)

10 Rubbish in statistics (3)

13 Exclude from pub (3) 14 Enthusiast from Brazil, say (3) 16 Eruption is fun (5)

17 Former spouse in the morning is a trial (4)

18 Tin from Tuscany (3)

21 Making a point about a hole (3) 22 Wander out of terror (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Hickory kernel (5) 4 Emblem (5)

7 Pen part (3) 9 Stinging weed (6) 11 Part of a sentence (4) 12 Assembled (3) 13 Cutting tool (7) 15 Floor show (7) 18 Mongrel (3)

19 Close (4) 20 Schedule (6)

23 Spoil (3)

24 Dead language (5) 25 Arrogance (5)

DOWN

1 Central American waterway (6,5) 2 Insect (3)

3 Zero (3)

5 Gown (5)

6 Hard work (5,6) 8 Greek letter (4) 10 Shabby articles (3)

13 Ingot (3)

14 Almond, eg (3) 16 Explosion (5)

17 Test (4) 18 Container (3) 21 Opening (3)

22 Stray (3)