Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Father finds shelter obvious (6) 4 Mark’s out of mascara (4) 7 Bring up the back (4) 8 Work stoppage is a hit (6) 9 Walk to portal, say (4) 10 Tidy in one attempt (4) 12 Unusual to get second chances (4) 14 Hearsay about organ (3) 16 Sign from galleon (3) 17 Reportedly lift beams (4) 20 Honest old writer (4) 23 Friend working on ship (4) 24 Complain to a bird (6) 25 Pleased with simplicity (4) 26 Agrees with the head? (4) 27 Modern centre design (6)

DOWN

1 Glue to fix a step (5) 2 Started with dessert (4) 3 Time to tear into fashion (5) 4 Long story about a gas (4) 5 Sign of damage to box on the right (6) 6 Reversible blade (5) 11 Notice eastern agent (4) 13 Terrible sort of ride (4) 15 Plundered Toledo, sadly (6) 16 Left omen out about citrus (5) 18 Fury out of range (5) 19 We sat around – hard work (5) 21 Appeased with food (4) 22 Consider a source of inspiration (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Shiny (leather) (6) 4 Evidence of a wound (4) 7 Posterior (4) 8 Punch (6) 9 Manner of one’s stride (4) 10 Smart (4) 12 Probabilities (4) 14 Feature on the head (3) 16 Zodiac Lion (3) 17 Shafts of light (4) 20 Unwrap (4) 23 Pal (4) 24 Game bird (6) 25 Relax (4) 26 Signals assent (4) 27 Fresh (6)

DOWN

1 Fake jewellery (5) 2 Flan (4) 3 Fad (5) 4 Prose narrative (4) 5 Bomb hole (6) 6 Helicopter hub (5) 11 Catch sight of (4) 13 Awful (4) 15 Sacked (6) 16 Fruit (5) 18 Wrath (5) 19 Perspiration (5) 21 Vegetables (4) 22 Ponder (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror