Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Hate being tested, possibly (6) 4 School initially went ahead with winter transport (4) 7 Ceremony sounds correct (4) 8 Embellished or terribly neat (6) 9 Notice eastern agent (4) 10 Pass out, seeing snakes (4) 12 Produced servant, we hear (4) 14 Admit being won over (3) 16 Same level within department (3) 17 Part of the play? (4) 20 Finished six deliveries (4) 23 Pleasant French resort (4) 24 Wish to reside differently (6) 25 Pleased with simplicity (4) 26 Peer in real trouble (4) 27 Horrid to rent out (6)

DOWN

1 Diminishes eye medication (5) 2 Contented with accommodation (4) 3 Pace rated incorrectly (5) 4 Phase pets out (4) 5 Instruction not to wear so much (6) 6 Expert gets money after party (5) 11 Animal is close (4) 13 Race around some land (4) 15 Retailer sounds more disgusting (6) 16 Writer goes to church for money (5) 18 Arrange by command (5) 19 A shade naive (5) 21 Revealing about escalope (4) 22 Tim’s lost in obscurity (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Loathe (6) 4 Sleigh (4) 7 Ritual (4) 8 Decorated (6) 9 Catch sight of (4) 10 Serpents (4) 12 Manufactured (4) 14 Possess (3) 16 Equal (3) 17 Character (4) 20 Above (4) 23 Agreeable (4) 24 Lust (6) 25 Relax (4) 26 Aristocrat (4) 27 Decaying (6)

DOWN

1 Decreases (5) 2 Canvas shelter (4) 3 Tyre’s grooved surface (5) 4 Stair (4) 5 Class (6) 6 Most respected person (5) 11 Aquatic mammal (4) 13 Unit of land (4) 15 Shopkeeper (6) 16 Small change (5) 18 Request from a menu (5) 19 Colour (5) 21 Type of meat (4) 22 Fog (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror