Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Famous

Scandinavian’s pet (5,4) 8 Put off with a

European colour (5) 10 Enthusiast left to rove about (5)

12 Started with sailor (3) 13 Level with first woman (3) 14 Care about tree (4)

15 Terse about circle having two speakers (6) 16 Guide a bullock (5)

18 Wager gets everyone to dance (6)

20 Insult indistinctly (4)

22 Field of pleasure (3)

23 Lose argument about

the Baltic, say (3)

24 Stray breaks dishes (5) 25 Husband brings woman back a dye (5) 26 Magnate to learn about getting depressed (9)

DOWN

2 Outer sort of course (5) 3 Declare Vera to be mad (4)

4 Remove permit in river (6) 5 Not once was nerve lost (5) 6 Mates travel city to find a sauna (5,4)

7 Check evidence and scan (9)

9 Herb used sparely (7)

11 Look after old poetry, to a point (7)

15 Ready for collection (3) 17 Ridiculed drinks and keys (6)

19 Animal all over mother (5)

21 Clean off a spear (5)

23 Reveal second method (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Breed of dog (5,4) 8 Brownish-grey (5) 10 Sweetheart (5) 12 Pitch (3)

13 Previous day (3) 14 Japanese maple (4)

15 Hi-fi (6)

16 Navigate (5)

18 Art form (6)

20 Slight (4)

22 Meadow (3)

23 Body of water (3) 24 Salvers (5)

25 Indian skin design (5)

26 Laird (9)

DOWN

2 Journey (5) 3 Assert (4) 4 Cross out (6) 5 At no time (5) 6 Refreshing vapour (5,4) 7 Check a manuscript (9) 9 Herb (7) 11 Supervise (7) 15 Solidify (3) 17 Mocked (6) 19 Beast of burden (5) 21 Jousting weapon (5) 23 Exhibit (4)