Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Improved as a gambler (6) 4 Temperature that can be caught (4) 7 Finished six deliveries (4) 8 Stop and apprehend (6) 9 Made out title (4) 10 Hot place in Coventry (4) 12 Race around some land (4) 14 Mug went back for glue (3) 16 Hitting with can (3) 17 In France, you double the skirt (4) 20 Phase pets out (4) 23 Equal with one couple (4) 24 Band unsettling priest (6) 25 Stupid European coin (4) 26 Look for join, say (4) 27 Listen out for decoration (6)

DOWN

1 Officers’ money (5) 2 Started with quiche (4) 3 Reversible hub? (5) 4 Yield a plant ovule, say (4) 5 Colour of zero scope (6) 6 Imagine being armed, possibly (5) 11 Air of invention (4) 13 Appealing to reduce energy (4) 15 Fashionable team gets locked up (6) 16 Pasta turned out to be Spanish food (5) 18 At university, group gets troubled (5) 19 Arrange letters for a while (5) 21 Elegant cut (4) 22 Lack a young woman (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Superior (6) 4 Chilly (4) 7 Above (4) 8 Take into custody (6) 9 Titled woman (4) 10 Kiln (4) 12 Unit of area (4) 14 Tree secretion (3) 16 Metal (3) 17 Ballet garment (4) 20 Stair (4) 23 Brace (4) 24 Line (6) 25 US coin (4) 26 Appear (4) 27 Christmas decoration (6)

DOWN

1 Alloy (5) 2 Flan (4) 3 Helicopter part (5) 4 Surrender (4) 5 Fruit (6) 6 Reverie (5) 11 Opening (4) 13 Lovely (4) 15 Within (6) 16 Meal of small dishes (5) 18 Distress (5) 19 Magic formula (5) 21 Fit (4) 22 Fail to hit (4)