Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Charm of mother’s bed (6) 4 Strike-breaker in his cabinet (4)

7 Lied about being lazy (4)

8 Rise of a perfume (6)

9 Predator in the other nest (4)

10 Maiden’s attendant (4)

12 Inclination to be corrupt (4) 14 Join a religious man (3)

16 Feathery snake? (3)

17 Mean to change handle (4) 20 Midge has tang, on reflection (4)

23 Surgeon’s desire (4)

24 Hear silent order (6)

25 The French find Virginia hot stuff (4)

26 Woman has time to get ingredient (4)

27 Small part of shoe makes meal (6)

DOWN

1 Intends to find procedure (5)

2 Fire in container (4)

3 Giant bird article (5)

4 School went ahead with winter transport (4)

5 Church gets genuine breakfast (6)

6 Bishop left to finish mixture (5)

11 Time to order something (4) 13 Ant walked up eastern feature of Sicily (4)

15 Joke about leg to some geese (6)

16 Depressed by second type of music (5)

18 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5)

19 Heard note from a singer (5)

21 Tidy in one attempt (4)

22 Cease sending post (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Lucky emblem (6) 4 Wound’s crust (4) 7 Unoccupied (4)

8 Climb (6)

9 Sea eagle (4)

10 Assistant (4)

12 Crooked (4)

14 Append (3)

16 Constrictor (3)

17 Title (4)

20 Biting insect (4) 23 Encourage (4)

24 Heed (6)

25 Molten rock (4) 26 Animal fat (4)

27 Dinner (6)

DOWN

1 Method (5)

2 Pillage (4)

3 Mythical being (5) 4 Sleigh (4)

5 Type of crop (6)

6 Stir together (5) 11 Unit (4)

13 European volcano (4)

15 Group of farmyard birds (6)

16 Genre of jazz (5) 18 Tome of maps (5) 19 Singing voice (5) 21 Smart (4)

22 Desist (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror