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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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

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Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Kitty jumps over shutters where she can’t see them (5,4) 8 Remove soap from broken siren (5) 10 Talked of part of wheel (5) 12 Law-breaking implement (3) 13 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) 14 Rite using flag (4) 15 Terribly remote celestial object (6) 16 Isolated a section (5) 18 Box on right shows sign of damage (6) 20 Hearsay about organs (4) 22 Reportedly owing to condensati­on (3) 23 Wander out of terror (3) 24 Begin small quiche (5) 25 Is an alternativ­e English ingredient (5) 26 Raise news out of exhaustion (9)

DOWN

2 Left woman right of the moon (5) 3 Lone broadcast at Christmas (4) 4 Resist plan that’s relative (6) 5 Gas round region (5) 6 Reviewer is getting note to censure (9) 7 Fixed grass around gown (9) 9 Jumper showing signs of exertion? (7) 11 Model to show affection to bird (7) 15 Ruin in Denmark (3) 17 Wept about queen getting tin mixture (6) 19 Nowadays have time for proverb (5) 21 Arise awkwardly at sign (5) 23 Merit of learning (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Driver’s hazard? (5,4) 8 Wash out (5) 10 Uttered (5) 12 Pointed tool (3) 13 Brown (3) 14 Lose energy (4) 15 Shooting star (6) 16 Separate (5) 18 Bomb hole (6) 20 Little pitchers have big ones! (4) 22 Lawn moisture? (3) 23 Stray (3) 24 Commence (5) 25 Liquorice plant (5) 26 Fatigue (9)

DOWN

2 Of the moon (5) 3 Yuletide (4) 4 Sibling (6) 5 Form of oxygen (5) 6 Denigrate (9) 7 Compensate­d (9) 9 Knitwear item (7) 11 Design (7) 15 Spoil (3) 17 Alloy (6) 19 Maxim (5) 21 Zodiac Ram (5) 23 Deserve (4)

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