Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

Abandon on

London street (6)

Notice blemish (4) Wickedness in the village (4) Rise to a perfume (6)

Way out of aeroplane (4) College of note, possibly (4)

12 Care about some land (4)

14 Level with First Lady (3)

16 Crawler, when quiet (3)

17 Damn vermin (4)

20 Now editors have

to have been obliged (4)

23 Bishop has

single skull, say (4)

24 Colour of zero scope (6)

25 Rage about clothing (4)

26 Journey, often

following star (4)

27 Student doesn’t start

as a paid worker (6) 1

4 7 8 9 10

DOWN

Look for new rates (5) Disgracefully holding competition (4)

Put off animal, with time (5) Lois ran to the store (4) Surface temperature on Mars, say (6)

Three moved yonder (5) Contented with accommodation (4)

Firm around middle (4) Cadge from cleaner (6) Scope in the morning section (5)

Love to bother engineers (5)

Woman finds queen transparent (5) Sound feeble for a few days (4)

22 Soon get a French veto (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s

Daily Mirror

1 2

3 4 5

6 11

13 15 16

18 19 21

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Fibre (6)

4 Location (4)

7 Sinful (4)

8 Climb (6)

9 Country road (4)

10 Public school (4)

12 Unit of area (4)

14 Previous day (3)

16 Serpent (3)

17 Rodents (4)

20 Was indebted to (4)

23 Skeleton part (4)

24 Fruit (6)

25 Cog (4)

26 Long hike (4)

27 Salaried worker (6)

DOWN

Look fixedly (5) Contest (4) Dissuade (5)

Grain store (4) Celestial body (6) In that place (5) Canvas shelter (4) Centre (4) Bathroom scrubber (6) Extent (5)

Cherish (5) Precipitous (5) Period of time (4)

22 Unknown (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 13 15

16 18 19 21