Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Answer - pep varies daily (9) 8 Talk at zero speed (5) 10 President’s top suit (5) 12 Heard boy is a star (3) 13 Chopin has dance (3) 14 Look for join, say (4) 15 Chap gets consumed and vanquished (6) 16 Smiles at rays (5) 18 Misplace medium Hebridean island (6) 20 Aunt mad for fish (4) 22 That woman’s in the right (3) 23 People of Armenia (3) 24 Move north - that’s sharp (5) 25 Confuse by removing top of oar (5) 26 Celebrity takes directors to one side (9)

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2 Remove a seer forcibly (5) 3 Regarded as part of the play, say (4) 4 The man composed a song (6) 5 Break out during the rupture (5) 6 At home, use other cohabiter (9) 7 Spare ink spilt around new sail (9) 9 Glass acrobat (7) 11 Criticised cook and journalist (7) 15 Bark from a tree (3) 17 Student doesn’t start as a paid worker (6) 19 Momentary drink (5) 21 Beneath foreign articles (5) 23 County condiment (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Printed publication (9) 8 Speak in public (5) 10 Winning card (5) 12 Celestial object (3) 13 Jump (3) 14 Appear (4) 15 Defeated (6) 16 Rafters (5) 18 Lose (6) 20 Food fish (4) 22 Pronoun (3) 23 Males (3) 24 Prickle (5) 25 Confound (5) 26 Right side of ship (9)

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2 Rub out (5) 3 Spotted (4) 4 National song (6) 5 Explode (5) 6 Fellow resident (9) 7 Light racing sail (9) 9 Large glass (7) 11 Cooked in the oven (7) 15 Bight (3) 17 Salaried worker (6) 19 Brief (5) 21 Below (5) 23 Irish county (4)