Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Hide monitor (6) 4 Brooding about god (4) 7 It’s a new drink (4) 8 Master different flow (6) 9 Time to order something (4) 10 Fletcher’s groove (4) 12 Injury in German wood (4) 14 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 16 Feline to get married (3) 17 Follow the queue (4) 20 Somehow pose as something valuable (4) 23 Dish gone west (4)

24 Tell engineers strange tale (6)

25 Hire in Brentwood (4) 26 Burn report from prophet (4) 27 Creature flying to cave (6)

DOWN

1 Sails fashioned from plant material (5) 2 Unusual not to be well done (4) 3 Means to alter headings (5) 4 Notice about the ears (4) 5 Hesitate to hit red construction (6) 6 Drifter touring Oman with daughter (5) 11 Asian connection, we hear (4)

13 New star of painting and music (4)

15 Some current map adjusted before (6) 16 Tries out cricket matches (5) 18 Rota devised by a vital supplier (5) 19 Finished on time, that’s obvious (5) 21 We’re off to get a jug (4) 22 Desiccant found in metal case (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Partition (6) 4 Norse deity (4) 7 Sparkling wine (4) 8 Small river (6) 9 Object (4) 10 Engrave (4)

12 Cut (4)

14 Finish (3)

16 Male cat (3) 17 Animal’s appendage (4) 20 Mexican currency (4) 23 Casserole (4) 24 Narrate (6) 25 Lease (4) 26 Clairvoyant (4) 27 Wading bird (6)

DOWN

1 Rope fibre (5) 2 Seldom seen (4) 3 Titles (5)

4 Of the ears (4) 5 Falter (6) 6 Wanderer (5) 11 From Bangkok? (4) 13 Crafts (4) 15 Electrical unit (6) 16 Samples (5) 18 Main artery (5) 19 Observable (5) 21 Pitcher (4) 22 Bathroom powder (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror