Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Course to cook tacos (5) 4 Stick to prohibition outside (5) 7 You and I have nothing but sadness (3) 9 Viewpoint right for sportsman (6) 11 Avid sort of performer (4) 12 Holding racket inside (3) 13 Reptile makes strange present (7) 15 Something bird has put by? (4,3) 18 Juicer contains cold item (3) 19 Perceive hare running (4) 20 Deity orders a chicken in Spain (6) 23 Pole of German gold sent back (3) 24 Reporters insist (5) 25 Quiet section overheard (5)
DOWN
1 Instruction when a group playing’s trendy (7,4) 2 Low-flying bird (3) 3 Firstly tap on elfin digit (3) 5 Nonsense food (5) 6 Next to femur - that’s hardly decent (4,3,4) 8 Language in another sentence (4) 10 German has a French weapon (3) 13 Woman from Esher (3) 14 Struggled with mat (3) 16 Form new heaps (5) 17 Rage about clothing (4) 18 Sick of villagers (3) 21 Father may explode (3) 22 Core modern poetry (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Race meeting (5) 4 Conductor’s wand (5) 7 Misery (3) 9 Fisherman (6) 11 Prima donna (4) 12 Noise (3) 13 Snake (7) 15 Savings (4,3) 18 Frozen water (3) 19 Listen (4) 20 Greek god (6) 23 Bar (3) 24 Squeeze (5) 25 Tranquillity (5)
DOWN
1 Order to leave vessel (7,4) 2 Nocturnal creature (3) 3 Foot part (3) 5 Type of offal (5) 6 Likely to offend (4,3,4) 8 Gaelic (4) 10 Firearm (3) 13 Pronoun (3) 14 Floor covering (3) 16 Figure (5) 17 Cog (4) 18 Unwell (3) 21 Burst (3) 22 Dedicated verse (3)