Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues ACROSS
3 Pioneer to get comfortable on the right (7)
7 Run a tug on something sweet (6)
8 Student going inside with new yen (7)
9 Odds on a new bridge (4) 11 Bound to change diet (4) 12 New tales are a bargain (5) 15 Prohibition includes English food (4)
16 Hear about an animal (4) 17 Managed church and land (5)
18 Step round vermin (4)
19 Sailor has time for cake (4) 21 Georgia shouts at service stations (7)
22 Stow on unknown level (6) 23 Having the will to analyse final crate (7)
DOWN
1 Hitch to small horse (4)
2 Two men are foreign (7)
3 Dish as ordered by boy (5) 4 Town of note, possibly (4) 5 Three got confused jointly (8)
6 Entertain chap with beer (6)
10 Liking writer to sing (8)
11 Drink of character, say (3) 13 Oriental point at the back (7)
14 Partner’s painting (3)
15 Bishop, correct and clever (6)
18 Glue to fix a step (5)
19 Cricket match can be a trial (4)
20 Beams at fish (4)
Quick clues ACROSS
3 Colonist (7)
7 Type of confectionery (6) 8 Yearning (7)
9 Distance (4)
11 Fastened (4)
12 Take unlawfully (5) 15 Pulse (4)
16 Mammal similar to a rabbit (4)
17 US farm (5)
18 Nuisance (4)
19 Sharp (4)
21 Car ports (7)
22 Floor (6)
23 Died leaving a valid last document (7)
DOWN
1 Problem (4)
2 From Moscow? (7) 3 Cold dish (5)
4 Public school (4) 5 In tandem (8)
6 Amuse (6)
10 Inclination (8)
11 Beverage (3)
13 Opposite the West (7)
14 Craft (3)
15 Vivid (6)
18 Fake jewellery (5) 19 Examine (4)
20 Gleams of light (4)