Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Right grate fixed loft (6) 4 Superman’s county? (4) 7 Sharp as a group of detectives (4)
8 Trial or trade (6)
9 Complain audibly at tipple (4) 10 Leave out of room itself (4) 12 Spots cane construction (4) 14 Not even peculiar (3) 16 Definitely an article (3) 17 European staff (4)
20 Woman has time for ingredient (4)
23 Appeased with food (4) 24 Sensitive offer (6)
25 Only a lake (4)
26 Rushed and broke spade, losing heart (4)
27 More sentries get to feel bitter (6)
DOWN
1 German presenter has spirit (5) 2 Prudence gets discourteous (4) 3 Working a lot with new nail (5) 4 King William donated first two fruit (4)
5 Chief rioted unexpectedly (6) 6 Time to tear into fashion (5) 11 Lame sort of dinner, say (4) 13 Manage firm exercise (4)
15 Points to identical seed (6) 16 Pasta turned out to be
Spanish food (5)
18 Creature less cold in the
East End (5)
19 Rifts develop initially (5) 21 Employed American journalist (4)
22 Lied about being lazy (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Attic (6)
4 Garden of England (4) 7 Corrosive substance (4) 8 Trauma (6) 9 Alcoholic drink (4)
10 Neglect (4)
12 Skin complaint (4) 14 Strange (3) 16 Common word (3) 17 Post (4)
20 Animal fat (4) 23 Vegetables (4) 24 Sore (6)
25 Just (4)
26 Raced (4) 27 Begrudge (6)
DOWN
1 Spectre (5) 2 Impolite (4)
3 Claw (5)
4 Flightless bird (4) 5 Newspaper boss (6)
6 Fad (5)
11 Repast (4)
13 Deal successfully (4) 15 Type of seed (6) 16 Spanish dishes (5) 18 Freshwater mammal (5) 19 Original (5) 21 Second-hand (4) 22 Unoccupied (4)