Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

Cryptic clues ACROSS

3 Ideal person at a wedding (4,3)

7 Lied about taking the old cover (6)

8 Two components have minor role (3,4)

9 Throw and hide (4)

11 Terribly evil, as it happens (4) 12 Rascal lived badly (5) 15 Ceremony sounds correct (4) 16 Fruit supplier in different vein (4)

17 Turn over, having united writer with daughter (5) 18 Head Dane off (4) 19 Temperature that can be caught (4)

21 Threw tomato at new stool (7)

22 Score badly with

Catholic sport (6)

23 Less refined mat has nothing on that woman (7)

DOWN

1 Officers’ room in confusion (4)

2 Break engineers with malice (7)

3 Anger about British book (5) 4 Change during sedition (4) 5 Best students take woman to be most important (3-5) 6 Irritate at the plant (6) 10 Seven working on key service (8)

11 Slippery around rim (3) 13 Building by way of channel (7) 14 Spinning around pub (3) 15 Drink, alternatively, getting union gossip (6) 18 Contributor performed rondo (5)

19 Affair of the bag (4)

20 Period in Outer Mongolia (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

3 Groom’s attendant (4,3) 7 Face part (6) 8 Small role (3,4) 9 Bombard (4)

11 Exist (4)

12 Satan (5)

15 Ritual (4)

16 Grape plant (4) 17 Cause to capsize (5) 18 College head (4) 19 Chilly (4)

21 Former empire (7) 22 Football (6) 23 Coarser (7)

DOWN

1 Untidy state (4) 2 Short rest (7) 3 Religious text (5) 4 Revise (4)

5 Of most prestige (3-5) 6 Stinging weed (6) 10 Church service (8) 11 Backchat (3) 13 Bridge-like structure (7) 14 Tavern (3) 15 Hearsay (6) 18 Benefactor (5) 19 Container (4) 20 Expression (4)