Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 The French girl is permissible (5) 4 Reproduce type (5)

7 Mad about obstacle (3) 9 Connection to a game (6)

11 Maintain part of castle (4) 12 Run off to get receptacle (3)

13 About to get equal chance for revenge (7) 15 Page stands with hindmost salver (7)

18 Lashed around tree (3) 19 Authentic sort of earl (4)

20 Learnt to play the horn? (6) 23 Originally called in one engineer (3)

24 Enemy forced to land (5) 25 Nervous part of speech (5)

DOWN

1 Work do for those on the left (6,5)

2 Join a religious man (3) 3 Prisoner to fall behind (3) 5 It happened in the Seventies (5) 6 Weapon has wisdom to run (5,6) 8 Only a lake (4)

10 Spinning around pub (3) 13 Rubbish in grotto (3) 14 Ruin in Denmark (3) 16 Panic that wakes you up (5) 17 Melanie has style (4) 18 Heard beer was trouble (3)

21 Catch in one trap (3) 22 Supporter of sports? (3) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Lawful (5)

4 Variety (5) 7 Barrier (3)

9 Span (6)

11 Retain (4)

12 Vase (3) 13 Repeated fixture (7)

15 Large dish (7) 18 Burnt matter (3) 19 Genuine (4) 20 Deer’s feature (6) 23 Born as (3) 24 Middle Eastern country (5) 25 Anxious (5)

DOWN

1 Political group (6,5) 2 Append (3) 3 Insulate (3) 5 Occurrence (5) 6 Explosive device (5,6) 8 Just (4)

10 Tavern (3) 13 Decay (3)

14 Spoil (3) 16 Sudden terror (5)

17 Dash, flair (4) 18 Afflict (3)

21 Mesh (3)

22 Golf peg (3) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror