Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Abandon at the beach (6)

4 Trade in lead production (4)

7 Need to rearrange garden (4)

8 Allow Harold to be deadly (6)

9 Might love condiment? (4)

10 Tiny part of moat ruined (4)

12 Get oysters with trifles (4)

14 Level with First Lady (3)

16 City of priority (3)

17 Started with quiche (4)

20 Unfortunate slip of the lips (4)

23 The editor has to listen (4)

24 About to get

small signal to save (6)

25 Residence in Yosemite (4)

26 Wager with a foreign character (4)

27 Chief editorial (6)

DOWN

1 Loans arranged at the hairdresser’s (5) 2 Ceremony sounds correct (4)

3 Time around the Spanish stall (5)

4 Show mode off (4)

5 Terribly mean to the Spanish — that’s hard (6)

6 Get beaten, with nothing approximate (5)

11 New arts supremo (4)

13 Changes as to fodder (4)

15 Harass spy on the way (6)

16 Hear about British drug treatment (5)

18 Pair trained student for 30 days (5)

19 Pears used as weapon (5)

21 Aide made strange impression (4)

22 Sharp as a group of detectives (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Fibre (6)

4 Transaction (4)

7 Paradise (4)

8 Fatal (6)

9 Irish county (4)

10 Particle (4)

12 Playthings (4)

14 Previous day (3)

16 Former Olympics venue (3)

17 Flan (4)

20 Speech

defect (4)

23 Pay attention (4)

24 Salvage (6)

25 Type of house (4)

26 Greek letter (4)

27 Boss (6)

DOWN

1 Large room (5)

2 Ritual (4)

3 Postpone (5)

4 Public protest (4)

5 Tooth covering (6)

6 Untied (5)

11 Russian ruler (4)

13 Grain (4)

15 Pester (6)

16 Dependence recovery centre (5)

18 Month (5)

19 Javelin (5)

21 Notion (4)

22 Corrosive substance (4)