Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Improved as a gambler (6)

4 Ask hoarsely for right snake (4)

7 No westerner outside is obliged (4)

8 Take offence, say, at a wedding (6)

9 Copies of tapestry (4)

10 Feeble sort of meal (4)

12 Final use of salt (4)

14 Copper gets point of signal (3)

16 Appearing to have food (3)

17 Climbing around branch (4)

20 Period of confusion, say (4)

23 Notice about the ears (4)

24 Band unsettling priest (6)

25 Our Duncan’s tongue (4)

26 Attach a safety device (4)

27 Removed journalist after ages (6)

DOWN

1 Anger about

British book (5)

2 Group causing riot? (4) 3 Turns to snacks (5) 4 Dreaming about many sheets (4)

5 Outlook changes space and time (6)

6 I step out onto slope (5) 11 Tiny part of a cat (4) 13 Everything unknown to friend (4)

15 Surrounding area of a bone (6) 16 Evidence of alcohol (5) 18 Children’s edition (5)

19 Beg for new pedal (5) 21 Race around some land (4)

22 Lack a young woman (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Superior (6)

4 Coarse file (4)

7 Is indebted to (4)

8 Nuptial (6)

9 Primates (4)

10 Crippled (4)

12 Ultimate (4)

14 Snooker stick (3)

16 Vegetable (3)

17 Body part (4)

20 Quite a while! (4)

23 Of the ears (4)

24 Decorative line (6)

25 Asian language (4)

26 Circuit breaker (4)

27 Rubbed out (6)

DOWN

1 Holy text (5) 2 Threesome (4) 3 Tumbles (5) 4 Amount of paper (4) 5 Feature (6)

6 Ski run (5) 11 Particle (4) 13 Companion (4) 15 Arm bone (6) 16 Verification (5) 18 Matter (5) 19 Implore (5) 21 Unit of area (4)

22 Fail to hit (4)