Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

3 Background to that man’s politician (7) 7 Madras recipe causes exciting events (6) 8 Losing coordination with European drink (4,3) 9 Tardy ordering tale (4) 11 Affair of the bag (4) 12 Loud, competent story (5) 15 Entrusted with oxidation (4)

16 Rage about clothing (4) 17 Total state (5)

18 Fix troops on the day (4) 19 Become a father, returning in derision (4) 21 Atone by breaking knife (7) 22 Threesome with time on new moon (6) 23 Learned to rue diet changes (7)

DOWN

1 Border of hedges (4) 2 Graduate left ultimate heavy stuff (7) 3 Rush to arrange heats (5)

4 Lies about some land (4) 5 Green tea brewed for youngster (8) 6 Rodney ran that way (6) 10 A drug to get a heavenly body (8) 11 Reduce copper on time (3) 13 Chap to send heat below (7) 14 Gladstone’s son (3) 15 Rubbish blurb about energy (6)

18 New remit for headwear (5) 19 Sounds ready for home (4) 20 Yearn to be extensive (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

3 Chronicle (7) 7 Plays (6) 8 Liqueur (4,3) 9 Overdue (4) 11 Container (4) 12 Myth (5) 15 Corrosion (4) 16 Cog (4) 17 Voice (5) 18 Repair (4) 19 Royal term of respect (4) 21 Stabbing blade (7) 22 Moon of Neptune (6) 23 Educated (7)

DOWN

1 Margin (4) 2 Stabilising material (7) 3 Hurry (5) 4 Place surrounded by water (4) 5 Adolescent (8) 6 Over there (6) 10 Celestial body (8) 11 Sever (3) 13 Under (7)

14 Boy (3) 15 Building debris (6) 18 Bishop’s headdress (5) 19 Badger’s den (4) 20 Lengthy (4)