Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Stoppage is a hit (6) 4 New arts supremo (4) 7 Notice location (4) 8 Force gown to take turn (6) 9 Wife finds everything a barrier (4) 10 Tuna-mad relation (4) 12 Beams at fish (4) 14 She’s a crawler (3) 16 Very excited about whiskey (3) 17 Possibly airs a dress (4) 20 Charge student to touch (4) 23 Look noble (4) 24 Odd dearth of sewing material (6) 25 Mention spectacle in report (4) 26 Tardy translating tale (4) 27 Don’t start to talk about baby’s toy (6)

DOWN

1 Star gets attorney some land (5) 2 Unusual not to be well done (4) 3 Easy to work with school composition (5) 4 Won’t change address (4) 5 Sluggish form of electricity (6) 6 Public meeting to get better (5) 11 Consumer’s new ruse (4) 13 Collapsed around part of church (4) 15 Change sides by mistake (6) 16 Drive back to see film about parking (5) 18 Change later, possibly (5) 19 Harass endlessly to get emblem (5) 21 Creepy-sounding lake (4) 22 Air of invention (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS DOWN

1 Punch (6) 4 Russian ruler (4) 7 Venue (4) 8 Coercion (6) 9 Side of a house (4) 10 Female relative (4) 12 Shafts of light (4) 14 Climbing plant (3) 16 Grain (3) 17 Indian attire (4) 20 Sense (4) 23 Nobleman (4) 24 Yarn (6) 25 Quote (4) 26 Overdue (4) 27 Jangle drily (6) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror 1 African country (5) 2 Seldom seen (4) 3 Treatise (5) 4 Urban area (4) 5 Motionless (6) 6 Motoring event (5) 11 Employer (4) 13 Domed recess (4) 15 Flaw (6) 16 Disgust (5) 18 Transform (5) 19 Brooch (5) 21 Great Lake (4) 22 Opening (4)

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