Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Sailor to achieve goal (6) 4 Attorney volunteers information (4) 7 Change during meditation (4) 8 Rare problem with irrational weapon (6) 9 Search for top stylist (4) 10 Most employees have to stop (4) 12 Finished six deliveries (4) 14 Juicer contains something cold (3) 16 That woman from Esher (3) 17 A novel once more (4) 20 Auction ales off (4) 23 The picture contains a story (4) 24 Sign about a shrew (6) 25 Dreadful sort of ride (4) 26 Bound to change diet (4) 27 Tenner spent on cheese ingredient (6) DOWN 1 Cast worth using (5) 2 Attentive to wrong part (4) 3 Reticent about trees (5) 4 Daughter has diamonds to gamble (4) 5 A cat in charge at a very small level (6) 6 Walk to have beer with doctor (5) 11 It grows in the street (4) 13 Revealing about escalope (4) 15 Strange desire to live (6) 16 We sat around - hard work (5) 18 Not once was nerve lost (5) 19 Film sprig (5) 21 At heart, placidly sour (4) 22 Threaten new conflict first (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Aim (6) 4 Facts (4) 7 Revise (4) 8 Sword (6) 9 Toothed item (4) 10 Stalk (4) 12 Above (4) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Pronoun (3) 17 Again (4) 20 Transaction (4) 23 On a grand scale (4) 24 Harridan (6) 25 Awful (4) 26 Fastened (4) 27 Curdling agent (6) DOWN 1 Chuck (5) 2 Spellbound (4) 3 Curt (5) 4 Cubes (4) 5 Nuclear (6) 6 Stroll (5) 11 Large shrub (4) 13 Type of meat (4) 15 Inhabit (6) 16 Perspire (5) 18 At no time (5) 19 Fire (5) 21 Corrosive substance (4) 22 Admonish (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror