Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Splitting new grains gets hard (7) 7 Reportedly pursued for being pure (6) 8 Athlete depicted as Roman (7) 9 Study time of damage (4) 11 Got up like a flower (4) 12 A gale affected water plants (5) 15 Instructed, say, to be tense (4) 16 Air of invention (4) 17 Time for fool to have his day (5) 18 Inclination to be corrupt (4) 19 About poem being in secret writing (4) 21 Widow has bet after party (7) 22 Discuss what young lady consumed (6) 23 Gauged tree flourishing in sea (7)

DOWN

1 His camera captured dodgy operation (4) 2 Is able to acquire grim frankness (7) 3 Weight of rock (5) 4 Temperature in the atmosphere (4) 5 Settled muddle over sled (8) 6 German woman has time to get bird (6) 10 Guess site upset friend (8) 11 Knock a style of music (3) 13 Non-specific officer (7) 14 Wanting to include tiny creature (3) 15 Met and designed bike (6) 18 Fed up with being drilled (5) 19 Yield plant ovule, say (4) 20 Liberate at no cost (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

3 Dividing (7) 7 Unsullied (6) 8 Rower (7) 9 Shallow hollow from impact (4) 11 Popular garden bloom (4) 12 Green aquatic organisms (5) 15 Tight (4) 16 Opening (4) 17 Month (5) 18 Crooked (4) 19 Cipher (4) 21 Titled widow (7) 22 Formal argument (6) 23 Measured (7)

DOWN

1 Swindle (4) 2 Honesty (7) 3 Pebble (5) 4 Warmth (4) 5 Sorted out (8) 6 Greedy seabird (6) 10 Reckon (8) 11 Smart blow (3) 13 Widespread (7) 14 Insect (3) 15 Bicycle for two (6) 18 Affected with ennui (5) 19 Surrender (4) 20 Gratis (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror