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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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

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Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Importance causes delay in report (6)

4 Overburden­ed with grammatica­l term (4)

7 Part of community (4)

8 Embedded in botany? (6)

9 Second actor is a fake (4)

10 Moan about some land (4)

12 One rode without despot (4)

14 Juicer contains something cold (3)

16 Dwarf cod returned? (3)

17 Benefit of

Japanese drink (4)

20 Get oysters with trifles (4)

23 German boy is happy (4)

24 Look for different arches (6)

25 Line travelled by river (4)

26 Mean to change the last word (4)

27 Tear off with politician and tinker (6)

DOWN

1 Point sort out of the poorest quality (5) 2 Press club (4)

3 Organised tour around key house (5) 4 Permit woman, as ordered (4)

5 Moral about point being genetic (6)

6 Dessert that may go off, say? (5) 11 Demon kind about brother (4)

13 Simple direction, say, to change (4) 15 Volatile substance used at once (6) 16 Teaching mother to follow pet (5)

18 Tessa returned something valuable (5) 19 He guides you and me to that woman (5) 21 Brooding about god (4) 22 Catch wrong part (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Heaviness (6)

4 Type of word (4)

7 Item (4)

8 Fixed (6)

9 Bogus (4)

10 Middle Eastern country (4)

12 Roman emperor (4)

14 Frost (3)

16 Medic, informally (3)

17 Purpose (4)

20 Playthings (4)

23 Pleased (4)

24 Hunt (6)

25 African river (4)

26 So be it (4)

27 Interfere (6)

DOWN

1 Most severe (5) 2 Metal (4)

3 Royal dynasty (5) 4 Travel permit (4)

5 Cultural, national (6) 6 Frozen pudding (5) 11 Devout man (4) 13 Facile (4)

15 Petrol component (6) 16 Conviction (5)

18 Thing of value (5) 19 Wedding attendant (5)

21 Norse deity (4) 22 Snare (4)

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