Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Guide straight (6) 4 Notice blemish (4) 7 Wickedness in the village (4) 8 Term is used out of respect (6) 9 Cricket match can be a trial (4) 10 School initially went ahead with winter transport (4) 12 Pale sort of petition (4) 14 Set broken leg (3) 16 Perform in Clacton (3) 17 In France, you double the skirt (4) 20 Afterwards from both ends (4) 23 Rib cooked with English cheese (4) 24 Change sides by mistake (6) 25 Wrecked gear in anger (4) 26 Row about rite (4) 27 Moving so near ground (6)

DOWN

1 Show new spirit (5) 2 Entrusted with oxidation (4) 3 Reticent about trees (5) 4 Ties up venue (4) 5 Promise to put pressure on sill (6) 6 Whole time alto performed (5) 11 Final use of salt (4) 13 Tardy ordering tale (4) 15 A trite form of dress (6) 16 Scope of morning section (5) 18 Beneath foreign articles (5) 19 Stick to prohibition outside (5) 21 Perceive hare running (4) 22 Blessed with not as much (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Candid (6) 4 Pimple (4) 7 Sinful (4) 8 Term of respect (6) 9 Examine (4) 10 Sleigh (4) 12 Entreaty (4) 14 Solidify (3) 16 Behave (3) 17 Ballet garment (4) 20 At that time (4) 23 French cheese (4) 24 Flaw (6) 25 Fury (4) 26 Layer (4) 27 Cause (6)

DOWN

1 Devil (5) 2 Corrosion (4) 3 Curt (5) 4 Location (4) 5 Vow (6) 6 Sum (5) 11 Ultimate (4) 13 Overdue (4) 15 Clothing (6) 16 Extent (5) 18 Below (5) 19 Conductor’s wand (5) 21 Listen (4) 22 Smaller amount (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror