Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Master new flow (6) 4 Lead off to the valley (4) 7 Maid ran between (4) 8 Ace put out vessel (6) 9 Huge vats are assembled (4) 10 Pale sort of spring (4) 12 Aide’s strange impression (4) 14 Started with sailor (3) 16 Woman from Esher (3) 17 Heartless answer from bank (4) 20 Queen seen in banner (4) 23 Inca gets hidden pen (4) 24 Apple-coloured? (6) 25 Bread riot develops (4) 26 Regarded as part of the play, say (4) 27 Bother a servant about stationery item (6)

DOWN

1 Locations of spectacles, say (5) 2 Shout for right paddle (4) 3 Chart the French tree (5) 4 Avid sort of performer (4) 5 Changes nowadays past improving (6) 6 Come in from barren terrain (5) 11 Peer in real trouble (4) 13 Curse use of needle (4) 15 Limited yours truly to changing gear (6) 16 Hits with small underwear (5) 18 European lake is creepy (5)

19 Car demolished room with time (5) 21 Gas that none used (4) 22 Utilises Sue’s recipe (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Small river (6) 4 Glen (4) 7 Amongst (4) 8 Item of crockery (6) 9 Immense (4) 10 Jump (4) 12 Notion (4) 14 Pitch (3) 16 Pronoun (3) 17 Depend (4) 20 Princess Royal (4) 23 Enclosure (4) 24 Reddish-brown (6) 25 Flat bread (4) 26 Spotted (4) 27 Rubber (6)

DOWN

1 Venues (5) 2 Bellow (4) 3 Variety of tree (5) 4 Prima donna (4) 5 Modifies (6)

6 Go in (5) 11 Aristocrat (4) 13 Mend (4) 15 Insufficient (6) 16 Undergarments (5) 18 Supernatural (5) 19 Engine (5) 21 Type of gas (4) 22 Applications (4)