Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Modest insult (6) 4 Sailing pole of various parts (4) 7 Woman in view? (4) 8 Mammal visits old church a great deal (6) 9 Clambering around youngster (4) 10 Initially missing? (4) 12 Spots cane construction (4) 14 Encountered the police in London (3) 16 Lose argument about the Baltic, say (3) 17 Devours a set recipe (4) 20 Resting places in the county (4) 23 Care about tree (4) 24 Red tug managed to move heavily (6) 25 Mature pier design (4) 26 Mislay sole arrangement (4) 27 Sprinter’s bean? (6)

DOWN

1 Pinched shawl (5) 2 Lollies of nice size (4) 3 Giant bird article (5) 4 Lois ran to the store (4) 5 Quiet mass improved with liberal hymns (6) 6 Right to boot out a machine (5) 11 Wife upset pet and broke down (4) 13 Academy for code-cracking (2-2) 15 Braces made of tree trunks (6) 16 Cultivated, as in large mollusc (5) 18 Stare wildly at bloom (5) 19 Encourage revolutionary queen (5) 21 Creepy-sounding lake (4) 22 Need to rearrange garden (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Imperceptible (6) 4 Practise boxing (4) 7 Flower (4) 8 Wild feline (6) 9 Baby sheep (4) 10 Missing from the army (4) 12 Skin complaint (4) 14 Assembled (3) 16 Body of water (3) 17 Consumes (4) 20 Cots (4) 23 Japanese maple (4) 24 Walk wearily (6) 25 Ready to pick (4) 26 Be defeated (4) 27 Athlete (6)

DOWN

1 Took unlawfully (5) 2 Covers a cake (4) 3 Mythological being (5) 4 Grain container (4) 5 Religious songs (6) 6 Automaton (5) 11 Cried (4) 13 School type (2-2) 15 Logs (6) 16 Escargot (5) 18 Showy daisy (5) 19 Hearten (5) 21 Great Lake (4) 22 Paradise (4)