Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Shake cocktail later, about time (6)

4 Connection to spy (4)

7 Tidy in one attempt (4)

8 Tear off with politician and tinker (6)

9 Dreadful set with unknown affliction (4)

10 Darts player’s place in Rochester (4)

12 Laugh about a large ring (4)

14 Drama about sheep (3)

16 About to have nothing but eggs (3)

17 Dish is missing when not there (4)

20 Group causing riot? (4)

23 Reported stream of ice (4)

24 Everything contained in terrible poem (6)

25 Loosen at a French party (4)

26 Started with quiche (4)

27 Subject takes railway line (6)

DOWN

1 Reversible hub? (5)

2 Book’s self-dedication (4)

3 Sign up loner, somehow (5)

4 Gathering is a hit (4)

5 Creatures ordered to rest (6)

6 Imagine being armed, possibly (5)

11 Firm with graduate in a stupor (4)

13 Opposed to throwing a tin (4)

15 Note route changed to bypass (6)

16 Engineers suitable for renovation (5)

18 Right to boot out a machine (5)

19 Doctor is in some dictionaries (5)

21 Hire in Brentwood (4) 22 Fielder’s mistake (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Clatter (6)

4 Friendship (4)

7 Smart (4)

8 Interfere (6)

9 Eye inflammation (4)

10 Darts starting point (4)

12 Holy circle of light (4)

14 Zodiac animal (3)

16 Small deer (3)

17 Carrying salver (4)

20 Threesome (4)

23 Ice sheet (4)

24 Slow song (6)

25 Reverse (4)

26 Flan (4)

27 Line of latitude (6)

DOWN

1 Helicopter part (5)

2 Volume (4)

3 Enlist (5)

4 Knock (4)

5 Freshwater mammals (6)

6 Reverie (5)

11 Unconscious state (4)

13 Against (4)

15 Deviation (6)

16 Furnish again (5)

18 Automaton (5)

19 Health worker (5)

21 Lease (4)

22 Slide (4)