Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Smashed by the French activity (6) 4 Prison term in Turkey, say (4)

7 Gas that none used (4) 8 Harsh, always, in London area (6) 9 Forest contains raw materials (4) 10 Note from yours truly to doctor (4)

12 Reportedly lift beams (4) 14 Animal in glasses (3)

16 A turn previously (3)

17 Get oysters with trifles (4) 20 Woman to sail away (4) 23 Kitty accommodates

English writer (4)

24 Implements in a suit (6) 25 Lied about store (4)

26 Tiny part of a cat (4)

27 Turn on alien

instrument (6)

DOWN

1 Established beads are used (5) 2 Rescue broken vase (4) 3 Yemen upset foe (5) 4 Good time for resonance (4) 5 Attack while driving? (6) 6 Does order small amounts of medicine (5)

11 Notice eastern agent (4) 13 Performs part of the Bible (4)

15 City gets looted, sadly (6) 16 Foreign character has a laugh with record (5) 18 Fertile patch for a group (5) 19 At home, ready for inclusion (5)

21 Time to order something (4) 22 Brooding about god (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Commotion (6) 4 Winged creature (4)

7 Type of gas (4) 8 Strict (6)

9 Minerals (4)

10 Message (4)

12 Flatfish (4)

14 Donkey (3)

16 In the past (3) 17 Playthings (4) 20 Bart’s sister (4) 23 Bard (4)

24 Card suit (6) 25 Food shop (4) 26 Particle (4)

27 Small harpsichord (6)

DOWN

1 Founded (5) 2 Stash away money (4) 3 Opponent (5) 4 Deep sound (4) 5 Raid (6) 6 Prescribed quantities (5) 11 Catch sight of (4) 13 Behaves (4) 15 Spanish city (6) 16 Greek letter (5) 18 Desert’s fertile patch (5) 19 Put in (5) 21 Unit (4) 22 Norse deity (4)