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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Firework found in salad (6) 4 Look in Tuscany (4) 7 Always in same version (4) 8 Rip off boy in jail (6) 9 Not far from one argument (4) 10 Thus get attorney a drink (4) 12 Expensive-sounding animal (4) 14 Reportedly draw digit (3) 16 Food stored by hippies (3) 17 Everything unknown to friend (4) 20 Not all of total, say (4) 23 Slide for small child (4) 24 Chap has time to run (6) 25 Show mode off (4) 26 Raw materials from forests (4) 27 Usual moral difficulti­es after notorious start (6)

DOWN

1 Get ready to tear directions (5) 2 Copy child’s bed (4) 3 Nervous part of speech (5) 4 Broadcast second conclusion (4) 5 Make box to contain energy (6) 6 Sister translatin­g runes (5) 11 Spoken of morality (4) 13 Test former spouse in the morning (4) 15 Strange desire to live (6) 16 Stop cooking with European sauce (5) 18 Left omen about fruit (5) 19 Arrange letters for a while (5) 21 Does rewrite some poetry (4) 22 Local man gets peaceful (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Spaceship (6) 4 Peruse (4) 7 Constantly (4) 8 Jail (6) 9 Close (4) 10 Sparkling water (4) 12 Ruminant mammal (4) 14 Foot part (3) 16 Pastry item (3) 17 Friendly nation (4) 20 Several (4) 23 Slip (4) 24 Cope (6) 25 Public protest (4) 26 Minerals (4) 27 Average (6) DOWN 1 Mature (5) 2 Cradle (4) 3 Anxious (5) 4 Post (4) 5 Invent (6) 6 Health worker (5) 11 Verbal (4) 13 Test (4) 15 Dwell (6) 16 Pasta coating (5) 18 Fruit (5) 19 Magic formula (5) 21 Poems (4) 22 Serene (4)

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