Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Also aim to cultivate land (7) 7 Looked to shelter socialist (6)

8 Wear the new conditions (7) 9 Organise sale of drinks (4) 11 Mix in prison (4)

12 Singer has one platform (5) 15 Woman has time for ingredient (4)

16 Reportedly nailed sensitivity (4)

17 Beneath foreign articles (5) 18 Yield a plant ovule, say (4) 19 Spin the first vase (4) 21 Horseman heard to choose an entrance (7)

22 Hold an admiral (6)

23 Always in debt, but respected (7)

DOWN

1 Tire of emblem (4)

2 Made ineffective portal in wrong end (7)

3 Small jug and pipe (5)

4 Does translate some verses (4)

5 Entreat a different animal (8) 6 Stop and apprehend (6) 10 Learned to relate it better (8) 11 Heard boy is a star (3)

13 Gloom made Danes travel by ship (7)

14 Juicer contains something cold (3)

15 School gets superior food (6) 18 Copper colour is preserved (5)

19 Note changed in quality (4) 20 Yearn to be extensive (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

3 African country (7) 7 Ogled (6) 8 Atmospheric state (7)

9 Beers (4)

11 Move (4) 12 Foundation (5) 15 Animal fat (4) 16 Diplomacy (4) 17 Below (5) 18 Surrender (4) 19 Rotate (4) 21 Bullfighter (7) 22 British naval hero (6) 23 Esteemed (7)

DOWN

1 Banner (4) 2 Nullified (7)

3 Drain (5)

4 Poems (4) 5 Long-snouted mammal (8)

6 Take into custody (6)

10 Able to read (8) 11 Celestial object (3)

13 Misery (7)

14 Frozen water (3) 15 Meal (6)

18 Healed (5)

19 Sound quality (4) 20 Lengthy (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror