Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A lot of money for parcel (6) 4 Weapon came out (4) 7 Woman from Fair Isle (4) 8 Fastening in series (6) 9 Mark’s out of mascara (4) 10 Language in another sentence (4) 12 Dog really captured monster (4) 14 See nothing in Manila (3) 16 It’s a new way to relax (3) 17 Colourless sort of leap (4) 20 Honest old writer (4) 23 Game in pool, possibly (4) 24 Refusal to work in lead (6) 25 Lies about some land (4) 26 Regretted, say, being coarse (4) 27 Relative to resist change (6)

DOWN

1 Glue to fix a step (5) 2 Worry about race (4) 3 Row about German animal (5) 4 Lack young woman (4) 5 Rise of a perfume (6) 6 Force loner to sign up (5) 11 Authentic sort of earl (4) 13 Page, torn, will hang open (4) 15 Dolt is terribly unemotional (6) 16 Great purse, ruined (5) 18 Danes out of range (5) 19 Sovereign for stationery item (5) 21 Supposed to have to stand for photo (4) 22 Tim’s lost in obscurity (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror