Two- speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Strong post office shelter ( 6)

4 Don’t eat quickly ( 4) 7 Way out of the Broads ( 4) 8 Set tea out in the grounds ( 6)

9 Got a new dress ( 4) 10 Declare Vera to be mad ( 4) 12 Produced servant, we hear ( 4)

14 Fewer around animal ( 3) 16 Baby’s drink ( 3)

17 Line travelled by river ( 4) 20 Hot place in Coventry ( 4) 23 Maiden’s assistant ( 4)

24 Cricket team’s legs ( 6) 25 Rage about clothing ( 4) 26 Look noble ( 4)

27 Singer heard

producing a note ( 6)

DOWN

1 Reporters insist ( 5) 2 In France, you double the skirt ( 4) 3 Pace rated incorrectly ( 5) 4 Feta production is destiny ( 4)

5 Loved to bother socialist ( 6) 6 Business rated badly ( 5) 11 Revealing about meat ( 4) 13 Spots cane construction ( 4)

15 Dog set about heavy meal ( 6)

16 Walk like a wanderer ( 5) 18 Miner tried to keep motionless ( 5) 19 Norma destroyed stately home ( 5)

21 Ever- changing swerve ( 4) 22 Still in the venture ( 4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Powerful ( 6) 4 Rapidly ( 4) 7 Street ( 4) 8 Landed property ( 6)

9 Roman gown ( 4) 10 Assert ( 4)

12 Manufactured ( 4) 14 Female sheep ( 3) 16 Add up ( 3)

17 African river ( 4) 20 Kiln ( 4)

23 Attendant ( 4)

24 Number ( 6)

25 Cog ( 4)

26 Aristocrat ( 4)

27 Bank note,

informally ( 6)

DOWN

1 Squeeze ( 5) 2 Ballet skirt ( 4) 3 Step ( 5) 4 Doom ( 4) 5 Cherished ( 6) 6 Deal ( 5) 11 Escalope ingredient ( 4) 13 Skin complaint ( 4) 15 Heavy food ( 6) 16 Hike ( 5) 18 Immobile ( 5) 19 Large house ( 5) 21 Change direction ( 4) 22 Level ( 4)