Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Lustre changed as a consequence (6)

4 Melanie has style (4)

7 Sailor finds the French skilful (4)

8 Cringe as old king displays love (6)

9 Strongbox made of South African iron (4)

10 Sign to old soldiers (4)

12 Once ordered ice cream (4) 14 Attempt to score in rugby (3) 16 Insect of character, say (3)

17 Everything unknown to friend (4)

20 Medium drink for bloke (4) 23 Filmed host running (4)

24 Woman has wise man to face (6)

25 Book’s self-dedication (4)

26 Most employees have to stop (4)

27 Mental sort of song (6)

DOWN

1 Message received: first real

ogre seen around (5)

2 Weather from Sunday to the

present (4)

3 Working a lot with new

nail (5)

4 Feels elated inside,

besides (4)

5 Ale not drunk in shelter (4-2) 6 Deny working with English

underprivileged (5)

11 Lame sort of dinner, say (4) 13 Shape of cricket in

London? (4)

Distant handset (6)

Singer has one platform (5) Equal in both directions? (5) We sat around – hard work (5)

Tiny part of a cat (4) Unexciting meat recipe (4) 15

16 18

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21 22

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Outcome (6)

4 Dash (4)

7 Competent (4)

8 Act obsequiously (6) 9 Secure (4)

10 Portent (4)

12 Geometric shape (4) 14 Sample (3)

16 Drone or queen? (3) 17 Companion (4)

20 Masculine (4)

23 Report (4)

24 Face (6)

25 Volume (4)

26 Stalk (4)

27 Mourn (6)

DOWN

1 Man’s name (5)

2 Frozen precipitation (4) 3 Claw (5)

4 Otherwise (4)

5 Shed (4-2)

6 Poor (5)

11 Repast (4)

13 Ellipse (4)

15 Far (6)

16 Foundation (5) 18 Horizontal (5) 19 Perspiration (5) 21 Particle (4)

22 Domesticate (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror