Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A trite form of dress (6) 4 Mark’s out of mascara (4) 7 Nothing about a form of digital protection (4) 8 Second-best element (6) 9 Bound to change diet (4) 10 Hot place in Coventry (4) 12 Lied about being lazy (4) 14 Scared to include transport (3) 16 Hippies’ food (3) 17 Sailor finds the French skilful (4) 20 Note gets yours truly renown (4) 23 Dine with nothing but oxtail, say (4) 24 A vice tallied (6) 25 Burn report from prophet (4) 26 Regrets stratagem, we hear (4) 27 Drink for lookalike (6)

DOWN

1 Tessa returned something valuable (5) 2 Distinguish from constellation (4) 3 Sign up loner, somehow (5) 4 Perch by Eastern venue (4) 5 Easy thing, getting large settle (6) 6 Equestrian clause (5) 11 Revealing about meat (4) 13 Daughter gets sheep shot (4) 15 Deny it’s rubbish (6) 16 Tricky question for model (5) 18 Poet with European goatee, say (5) 19 Answer evasively about barrier (5) 21 Copies of tapestry (4) 22 Overburdened with a word (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Clothing (6) 4 Wound’s mark (4) 7 Metal fastener (4) 8 Precious metal (6) 9 Fastened (4) 10 Kiln (4) 12 Unoccupied (4) 14 Vehicle (3) 16 Pastry item (3) 17 Competent (4) 20 Glory (4) 23 Broth (4) 24 Concurred (6) 25 Clairvoyant (4) 26 Feels remorse (4) 27 Twofold (6)

DOWN

1 Thing of value (5) 2 Inform (4) 3 Enlist (5) 4 Location (4) 5 Confirm (6) 6 Horseman (5) 11 Type of beef (4) 13 Small drink (4) 15 Disobey (6) 16 Sitter (5) 18 Facial hair (5) 19 Garden border (5) 21 Primates (4) 22 Type of word (4)