Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Swap some coins (6)

4 Broadcast second conclusion (4)

7 Incline to be thin (4)

8 At home, nurse is mean (6)

9 Get a new entrance (4)

10 Made off with cheese (4)

12 Race around some land (4)

14 Feel modest about growth (3)

16 Tear out of Tripoli (3)

17 Day for fruit (4)

20 Hot place in Coventry (4)

23 Yearn for brooch of emerald, first (4)

24 Humble college head embraces yours truly (6) 25 Break a leg in a storm (4)

26 Owing to student conflict (4)

27 Make an effort on a tune (6)

DOWN

1 Clamber about on branch (5)

2 Performs part of the bible (4)

3 First-born tribal leader (5)

4 Long story about a gas (4)

5 Terribly mean to the Spanish that’s hard (6)

6 Imagine being armed, possibly (5)

11 Study time of damage (4)

13 About poem being in secret writing (4)

15 Cadge from cleaner (6)

16 Quick to knock with identification (5)

18 Danes out of range (5)

19 Saw tonne being transported (5)

21 Revealing about meat (4)

22 Excellent game is played (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Alter (6)

4 Post (4)

7 Without fat (4) 8 Plan (6)

9 Portal (4)

10 Type of cheese (4)

12 Unit of area (4)

14 Dutch tree? (3)

16 Shred (3)

17 Appointment (4)

20 Kiln (4)

23 Conifer (4)

24 Belittle (6)

25 Strong wind (4)

26 Contest (4)

27 Exert (6)

DOWN

1 Ascend (5)

2 Behaves (4)

3 Church official (5)

4 Prose narrative (4)

5 Tooth covering (6)

6 Reverie (5)

11 Impact mark (4)

13 Cipher (4)

15 Bath item (6)

16 Fast (5)

18 Mountain range (5)

19 Part of a of carpentry joint (5)

21 Escalope ingredient (4)

22 Wonderful (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror