Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 At home, lust turned out to be slight (6) 4 New arts supremo (4) 7 A hut sadly in a state (4) 8 Deserved to move near journalist (6) 9 Reportedly praise a peer (4) 10 City of Czechoslovakia (4) 12 Spin the first vase (4) 14 Couple also heard (3) 16 Lose argument about the Baltic, say (3) 17 Victim of the French exercise (4) 20 Flow is feeble, we hear (4) 23 Right inside important jail (4) 24 Gold entrance initially was sweet (6) 25 Creepy-sounding lake (4) 26 Unusual not to be well done (4) 27 Small insect has a small amount (6)

DOWN

1 Sluggish winter dreadful without direction (5) 2 Tender rose arrangement (4) 3 Organised tour around key house (5) 4 Thanks to students being huge (4) 5 Films buds (6) 6 Raid carried out by old medium (5) 11 Break game (4) 13 Our Duncan’s tongue (4) 15 Rare problem with irrational weapon (6) 16 Bores about not being drunk (5) 18 Your gesture conceals desires (5) 19 All characters next to river that’s blue (5) 21 Dog really captured monster (4) 22 Get hitched with European drip (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Slander (6) 4 Russian ruler (4) 7 Nevada’s neighbour? (4) 8 Merited (6) 9 Nobleman (4) 10 European capital (4) 12 Rotate (4) 14 Pair (3) 16 Adriatic, eg (3) 17 Deceive (4) 20 Teem (4) 23 Sailor’s confinement (4) 24 Cake (6) 25 Great Lake (4) 26 Seldom seen (4) 27 Minuscule quantity (6)

DOWN

1 Immobile (5) 2 Painful (4) 3 Royal dynasty (5) 4 Big (4) 5 Fires (a gun) (6) 6 Wireless (5) 11 Crack (4) 13 Asian language (4) 15 Sword (6) 16 Rational (5) 18 Encourages (5) 19 Shade of blue (5) 21 Fiend (4) 22 Unwanted plant (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror