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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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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)

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