Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Emphasis back around money (6) 4 Cease sending post (4) 7 Perceive hare running (4) 8 Quiet lift gets commendation (6) 9 Tear off at speed (4) 10 Endlessly regretting destruction (4) 12 Need to rearrange garden (4) 14 Produce island broadcast (3) 16 Bishop gets a French roll (3) 17 Promise a victory to old wife (4) 20 Auction is small beer (4) 23 Doctor sees work decrease (4) 24 Remember about visit (6) 25 Blessed with not as much (4) 26 Fastens around necks (4) 27 Chief rioted unexpectedly (6)
DOWN
1 Enough to have beer with politician (5) 2 Burn tea, we hear (4) 3 Three ran yonder (5) 4 Possibly airs dress (4) 5 Canter off in daze (6) 6 Reporters insist (5) 11 Loosen at a French party (4) 13 Trade in lead production (4) 15 Within single part of shoe (6) 16 Debit arranged for bathroom item (5) 18 Conversed about poetry (5) 19 Moral dilemma for food processor (5) 21 Copies of tapestry (4) 22 Silly daughter at the back (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Regional speech sound (6) 4 Desist (4) 7 Listen (4) 8 Extol (6) 9 Scale (4) 10 Tumbledown building (4) 12 Paradise (4) 14 Lettuce (3) 16 Cupcake (3) 17 Pledge (4) 20 Cut-price event (4) 23 Fall (4) 24 Bring to mind (6) 25 Fewer (4) 26 Binds (4) 27 Newspaper boss (6) DOWN 1 Sufficient (5) 2 Cleaning lady (4) 3 In that place (5) 4 Indian garment (4) 5 Hypnotic state (6) 6 Squeeze (5) 11 Reverse (4) 13 Transaction (4) 15 Shoe part (6) 16 Porcelain fixture (5) 18 Stanza (5) 19 Tooth (5) 21 Mimics (4) 22 Foolish (4)