Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Warning the rat off (6) 4 Mark’s out of mascara (4) 7 Wife rings student to get yarn (4) 8 Alloy with its own age (6) 9 Crazy about one domestic (4) 10 Declare Vera to be drunk (4) 12 Relish being similar (4) 14 Fewer around animal (3) 16 Has turned into a tree (3) 17 Eccentric message (4) 20 Repeat in the choir (4) 23 Note changed in quality (4) 24 Keep retina moving (6) 25 Idiot about a great deal (4) 26 The elephant holds foot part (4) 27 Suggest having beer with member (6)

DOWN

1 Forbidden to throw a boot (5) 2 King loves right flipping castle (4) 3 The first feeble adjustment (5) 4 Not all of total, we hear (4) 5 Cartel involved in wine (6) 6 Dirge about bank (5) 11 Ever-changing swerve (4) 13 Chin-wagging, to an extent (4) 15 From there, afterwards, to church (6) 16 Character often dropped (5) 18 Devise a rota for vital supplier (5) 19 A barrier to a dodgy dealer (5) 21 Cancellation includes room (4) 22 Willing sort of bird (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Menace (6) 4 Sign of a healed wound (4) 7 Natural fibre (4) 8 Alloy (6) 9 Servant (4) 10 State (4) 12 Enjoy (4) 14 Female sheep (3) 16 Evidence of a fire (3) 17 Stiff paper (4) 20 Resound (4) 23 Sound quality (4) 24 Keep (6) 25 Coagulated mass (4) 26 Command to a dog? (4) 27 Claim (6)

DOWN

1 Prohibition (5) 2 Black bird (4) 3 Minor adjustment (5) 4 Just a few (4) 5 Red wine (6) 6 Embankment (5) 11 Change direction (4) 13 Unit of length (4) 15 From there (6) 16 Letter (5) 18 Main artery (5) 19 Garden boundary marker (5) 21 Prison room (4) 22 Pastime (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror