Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Craftsman’s mother and child (5) 4 Yoga position for many in America (5) 7 Hoping to include fastener (3) 9 Let net tangle, to irritate (6) 11 Reasonable entertainment (4) 12 Growling about argument (3) 13 Talk of quiet baby’s toy (7) 15 A race to ride away, dressed (7) 18 Parking behind copper trophy (3) 19 Late ordering duck (4) 20 Proust ran off in a daze (6) 23 Mound of distortions (3) 24 Drive back to see film about parking (5) 25 Yemen upset foe (5)
DOWN
1 Child gets stuff like trifle (5,6) 2 Select new top (3) 3 See nothing in Manila (3) 5 Quality of bird captivates artist (5) 6 Celebration that’s in the way (6,5) 8 Not far from one argument (4) 10 Draw digit, say (3) 13 For every experience has it (3) 14 Also among pandas (3) 16 Walk onto transport quietly (5) 17 Point a set out (4) 18 Lawman takes firm pressure (3) 21 Lowest digit? (3) 22 Run off to get receptacle (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Artisan (5) 4 Flowering aquatic plant (5) 7 Credit card code (3) 9 Stinging weed (6) 11 Blonde (4) 12 Quarrel (3) 13 Gossip (7) 15 Clothed (7) 18 Greenish-blue (3) 19 Type of duck (4) 20 Near-insensibility (6) 23 Craggy hill (3) 24 Disgust (5) 25 Opponent (5)
DOWN
1 Unimportant issue (5,6) 2 Choose (3) 3 Zero (3) 5 Characteristic (5) 6 Neighbourhood knees-up (6,5) 8 Close (4) 10 Pull (3) 13 For each (3) 14 Common word (3) 16 Vagrant (5) 17 Compass direction (4) 18 Policeman (3) 21 Digit (3) 22 Vase (3)