Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Hornet flying round chair (6) 4 Notice place (4) 7 Nothing about a form of digital protection (4) 8 Get gun out a bit (6) 9 Dull meat recipe (4) 10 Need to improve garden (4) 12 Care about some land (4) 14 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 16 Island produce (3) 17 Soar using paddles (4) 20 Last order for condiment (4) 23 Container sounds colourless (4) 24 Fable of the foot? (6) 25 Story about a gas (4) 26 Dorothy’s specks (4) 27 Walk like small ogre (6)

DOWN

1 Heard note from singer (5) 2 Brigade’s city (4) 3 Come in from barren terrain (5) 4 Ties up location (4) 5 Surface temperature on Mars, say (6) 6 Pace rated incorrectly (5) 11 It’s expensive, darling (4) 13 Indifferent and firm with old student (4) 15 Help donkey first (6) 16 Managed to unite policeman and journalist (5) 18 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5) 19 Ideal pattern (5) 21 Heard a girl’s cry of woe (4) 22 The Romans’ champion (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Royal seat (6) 4 Blemish (4) 7 Metal fastener (4) 8 Small lump (6) 9 Domesticate (4) 10 Paradise (4) 12 Unit of area (4) 14 Finish (3) 16 Lettuce (3) 17 Sculls (4) 20 Seasoning (4) 23 Bucket (4) 24 Myth (6) 25 Prose narrative (4) 26 Round marks (4) 27 Leisurely walk (6)

DOWN

1 Singing voice (5) 2 Latvian capital (4) 3 Go in (5) 4 Venue (4) 5 Celestial body (6) 6 Step (5) 11 Precious (4) 13 Chilly (4) 15 Support (6) 16 Dealt (with) successfully (5) 18 Collection of maps (5) 19 Sitter (5) 21 Expression of regret (4) 22 Idol (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror