Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Noise is strange result (6) 4 Mix in prison (4) 7 Promise a victory to old wife (4) 8 Somehow get man decoration for fridge (6) 9 Soldiers find acceptable range of food (4) 10 Need to transform garden (4) 12 Window can be a nuisance, say (4) 14 Definitely an article (3) 16 Knock a style of music (3) 17 Present during the recording (4) 20 Request for quiet field (4) 23 Break a leg in storm (4) 24 Information I give a novice is friendly (6) 25 Pleased with relaxation (4) 26 Ask hoarsely for tool (4) 27 Modern centre design (6)

DOWN

1 Old Italian destroyed manor (5) 2 Wise man wasted ages (4) 3 Consumed by school, we hear (5) 4 Total, say, or just part (4) 5 Time left, having unknown score (6) 6 Excite ours somehow with energy (5) 11 It’s expensive, darling (4) 13 Bachelor’s pain (4) 15 A couple of pages on the French fruit (6) 16 OK bloke (5) 18 Keen to agree to change (5) 19 Leave Adriatic resort (5) 21 Pale sort of spring (4) 22 Item moving in the fourth dimension (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Steal livestock (6) 4 Move (4) 7 Pledge (4) 8 Attractive object (6) 9 Bill of fare (4) 10 Paradise (4) 12 Sheet of glass (4) 14 Common word (3) 16 Sharp blow (3) 17 In this place (4) 20 Entreaty (4) 23 Strong wind (4) 24 Friendly (6) 25 Simplicity (4) 26 Coarse file (4) 27 Fresh (6)

DOWN

1 Former empire (5) 2 Herb (4) 3 Devoured (5) 4 Just a few (4) 5 Number (6) 6 Stimulate (5) 11 Precious (4) 13 Yearn (4) 15 Cider ingredient (6) 16 Man’s name (5) 18 Avid (5) 19 Division (5) 21 Jump (4) 22 Occasion (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror