Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Refuse to transport brides (6) 4 When I get a lot of land (4) 7 Every ache is treated (4) 8 Quiet lift gets commendation (6) 9 God of the roses (4) 10 Only a lake (4) 12 Woman to sail away (4) 14 Dorothy comes to a full stop (3) 16 Accepted standard revolutionary rap (3) 17 Tardy ordering tale (4) 20 Declare Vera to be mad (4) 23 Prompt, having left a hint (4) 24 Right grate moved around loft (6) 25 Soldiers get initially unexciting range of food (4) 26 Box of various parts (4) 27 Minder gets score altered on time (6)
DOWN
1 Opted to construct store (5) 2 Bishop runs to a vessel (4) 3 Looks for joins, say (5) 4 Care about tree (4) 5 Quiet socialists in scraps (6) 6 Tessa returned something valuable (5) 11 Point a set out (4) 13 Lied about being lazy (4) 15 Damage volunteers with a rum cocktail (6) 16 Sports equipment showing Shakespearean spirits (5) 18 Row about a rug with energy (5) 19 Met to compose anthem (5) 21 Ever-changing swerve (4) 22 Hence in another goal (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Rubbish (6) 4 Continent (4) 7 Apiece (4) 8 Extol (6) 9 Greek deity (4) 10 Just (4) 12 Bart’s sister? (4) 14 Speck (3) 16 Estimated golf score (3) 17 Overdue (4) 20 Assert (4) 23 Puzzle aid (4) 24 Attic (6) 25 Bill of fare (4) 26 Plank (4) 27 Companion (6)
DOWN
1 Warehouse (5) 2 Small ship (4) 3 Appears (5) 4 Japanese maple (4) 5 Strips (6) 6 Thing of worth (5) 11 Sunrise direction (4) 13 Unoccupied (4) 15 Distressing experience (6) 16 Ice hockey discs (5) 18 Quarrel (5) 19 Religious song (5) 21 Make a sharp turn (4) 22 Therefore (4)