Two-speed coffeebreak Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

ACROSS

1 Kittens’ rubbish (6) 4 Tree from Nepal, mostly (4) 7 Frozen sort of dice (4) 8 Fable of the foot? (6) 9 Turn to a snack (4) 10 Ring fashioned for a smile (4) 12 Leaf-chewing insect (4) 14 Spinning round the pub (3) 16 Exclude from law court (3) 17 Kind to use a machine to write (4) 20 Part of the Far East (4) 23 Reportedly regretted being discourteous (4) 24 Make box to contain energy (6) 25 Preached about one and all (4) 26 Inside, both arduous and difficult (4) 27 Warning the rat off (6)

DOWN

1 I call out for some shade (5) 2 Got a new robe (4) 3 Dirge about a bank (5) 4 Fairy of superiority (4) 5 A professor is a handsome youngster (6) 6 Mail off to new city (5) 11 Ask hoarsely for a file (4) 13 Tardy ordering tale (4) 15 Rated badly by right businessman (6) 16 Punishment in the wood (5) 18 Cathy lost boat (5) 19 Wonderful fireplace, we hear (5) 21 Scan a red construction (4) 22 Ticket price sounds reasonable (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror ACROSS

1 Garbage (6) 4 Hand part (4) 7 Chilled (4) 8 Myth (6) 9 Tumble (4) 10 Beam (4) 12 Leaping parasite (4) 14 Tavern (3) 16 Ingot (3) 17 Sort (4) 20 Region (4) 23 Impolite (4) 24 Invent (6) 25 Every (4) 26 Solid (4) 27 Menace (6)

DOWN

1 Flower (5) 2 Roman garment (4) 3 Crest (5) 4 Supernatural creature (4) 5 Beautiful youth (6) 6 Italian city (5) 11 Carpenter’s tool (4) 13 Overdue (4) 15 Dealer (6) 16 Type of tree (5) 18 Sailing vessel (5) 19 Large (5) 21 Peruse (4) 22 Paying passenger (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror