Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Ranted about being passionate (6) 4 Friend working on ship (4) 7 Help make a wager (4) 8 Fellow joins the Spanish church (6) 9 Element of victory? (4) 10 Moan about some land (4) 12 Once ordered ice cream (4) 14 Concurred with dog (3) 16 Traitor within fraternity (3) 17 Everything unknown to friend (4) 20 Dog left to have a look (4) 23 Dunce’s dessert (4) 24 Look at king hugging drunken dean (6) 25 Girl at a celebration (4) 26 Regretted sounding ill-mannered (4) 27 Story of the foot? (6)

DOWN

1 Meeting to cook tacos (5) 2 Sketch a tie (4) 3 Working a lot with new nail (5) 4 Excellent game is played (4) 5 Expert has not returned straight away (2,4) 6 First-born tribal leader (5) 11 Lame sort of dinner, say (4) 13 The shape of cricket in London? (4) 15 Underling rings and gets thrown out (6) 16 Mention freer arrangement (5) 18 The French girl is permissible (5) 19 Left university free to be sensational (5) 21 German boy is happy (4) 22 Border of hedges (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Fanatical (6) 4 Pal (4) 7 Aid in crime (4) 8 Small place of worship (6) 9 Precious metal (4) 10 Middle Eastern country (4) 12 Geometric figure (4) 14 Mongrel (3) 16 Rodent (3) 17 Companion (4) 20 Leer (4) 23 Idiot (4) 24 Male goose (6) 25 Formal party (4) 26 Felt remorse (4) 27 Myth (6)

DOWN

1 Racecourse (5) 2 Pull (4) 3 Claw (5) 4 Huge (4) 5 Immediately (2,4) 6 Church official (5) 11 Repast (4) 13 Ellipse (4) 15 Minion (6) 16 Allude (5) 18 Lawful (5) 19 Graphic (5) 21 Pleased (4) 22 Margin (4)