Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Contradiction puts deal in trouble (6) 4 Hit a garden pest (4) 7 Opposed to throwing a tin (4) 8 Abort dreadful English indoor head wear (6) 9 The burden we bear (4) 10 Look at torn page (4) 12 Intense in the sea (4) 14 A turn previously (3) 16 Copper gets point of signal (3) 17 Honest old writer (4) 20 Save broken receptacle (4) 23 Managed to get one in bad conditions (4) 24 Stop and apprehend (6) 25 Burn report from prophet (4) 26 Dish gone west (4) 27 Star ready for evening (6)

DOWN

1 Remove broken bidet (5) 2 Tidy in one attempt (4) 3 Huge Elgar composition (5) 4 Cease sending post (4) 5 Ship surrounds area in one dimension (6) 6 Got sick with American relish (5) 11 Collapsed around part of church (4) 13 God of the roses (4) 15 Dives off with European plan (6) 16 Scare away worries (5) 18 Use spare fruit (5) 19 Met to compose song (5) 21 A novel once more (4) 22 Officers’ room in confusion (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Refusal (6) 4 Bullet (4) 7 Against (4) 8 Straw hat (6) 9 Responsibility (4) 10 Stare open- mouthed (4) 12 Profound (4) 14 In the past (3) 16 Snooker stick (3) 17 Unwrap (4) 20 Urn (4) 23 Precipitation (4) 24 Take into custody (6) 25 Clairvoyant (4) 26 Casserole (4) 27 Dusk (6)

DOWN

1 Subtract (5) 2 Smart (4) 3 Big (5) 4 Desist (4) 5 Sequential (6) 6 Enthusiasm (5) 11 Church recess (4) 13 Greek deity (4) 15 Invent (6) 16 Is concerned (5) 18 Fruit (5) 19 Religious song (5) 21 Again (4) 22 Untidy state (4)