Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Count as substance (6)

4 Terribly evil and horrid (4)

7 Moan about some land (4)

8 Develop into a vegetable (6)

9 Total zero at sport (4)

10 Finished six deliveries (4)

12 Flames are terribly rife (4)

14 Fewer around animal (3)

16 Feel remorse, the French way (3)

17 Changes as to fodder (4)

20 Allow new entry, fast (4)

23 Repellent sporting misdemeanour (4)

24 Steps that may be taken (6)

25 Girl at a celebration (4)

26 Afterwards from both ends (4)

27 Circulate butter, say (6)

DOWN

1 Craftsman’s mother and child (5)

2 Started with quiche (4)

3 Reversible blade hub? (5) 4 Save broken receptacle (4)

5 Got used to being ruined, sadly (6) 6

Escape to form union (5)

11 Invested with underwear (4) 13 Press club (4)

15 Notes glue is affected in flood (6)

16 Engineers suitable for renovation (5)

18 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5)

19 Left university free to be sensational (5)

21 Melanie has style (4)

22 Border of hedges (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Stuff (6)

4 Disgusting (4)

7 Middle Eastern country (4)

8 Germinate (6)

9 Japanese wrestling (4)

10 Above (4) 12 Conflagration (4)

14 Female sheep (3)

16 Regret (3)

17 Grain (4)

20 Loaned (4)

23 Revolting (4)

24 Portable steps (6)

25 Formal party (4)

26 At that time (4)

27 Scatter (6)

DOWN

1 Artisan (5)

2 Flan (4)

3 Helicopter part (5)

4 Urn (4) 5 Habituated (6)

6 Run off to wed (5)

11 Undergarment (4)

13 Metal (4)

15 Downpour (6)

16 Furnish again (5)

18 Volume of maps (5)

19 Graphic (5)

21 Panache (4)

22 Margin (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror