Two-speed coffeebreak CRYPTIC CLUES

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same ACROSS 1 Agent sat preparing food (6) 4 Drive pins around (4) 7 The shape of cricket in London? (4) 8 Control new stream (6) 9 Don’t eat quickly (4) 10 Regarded as part of the play, say (4) 12 Filmed part of barrage (4) 14 Level with first woman (3) 16 Exclude from pub (3) 17 Sensible French river, say (4) 20 Damn vermin (4) 23 Primate gets kiss at the top (4) 24 Warning the rat off (6) 25 Location of vision, we hear (4) 26 Unfortunately lost a great deal (4) 27 Moving so near ground (6) DOWN

1 Old Italian tore down manor (5) 2 Stop sending letters (4) 3 Developing roots and trunk (5) 4 Strongbox made of South African iron (4) 5 Surface temperature on Mars, say (6) 6 Fool concerning explosive compound (5) 11 College of note, possibly (4) 13 Great many stolen around school (4) 15 Stop and apprehend (6) 16 Cry, having registered scuffle (5) 18 Stare wildly at flower (5) 19 City can produce language (5) 21 Throwing a six on the line (4) 22 Officers’ room in confusion (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Meal (6) 4 Rotate (4) 7 Ellipse (4) 8 Teacher (6) 9 Quick (4) 10 Spotted (4) 12 Photograph (4) 14 Previous day (3) 16 Ingot (3) 17 Rational (4) 20 Rodents (4) 23 Summit (4) 24 Menace (6) 25 Venue (4) 26 Auction items (4) 27 Cause (6)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror DOWN 1 Former empire (5) 2 Mail (4) 3 Chest and abdomen (5) 4 Secure (4) 5 Celestial body (6) 6 Gunpowder ingredient (5) 11 Public school (4) 13 Presenter (4) 15 Take into custody (6) 16 Fight (5) 18 Daisy-like plant (5) 19 Dead language (5) 21 Centre of rotation (4) 22 Untidy state (4)