Two- speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Abandon on

London street ( 6) 4 Notice blemish ( 4) 7 Wickedness in the village ( 4) 8 Rise to a perfume ( 6) 9 Way out of aeroplane ( 4) 10 College of note, possibly ( 4)

12 Care about some land ( 4) 14 Level with First Lady ( 3) 16 Crawler, when quiet ( 3) 17 Damn vermin ( 4)

20 Now editors have to have been obliged ( 4) 23 Bishop has single skull, say ( 4)

24 Colour of zero scope ( 6)

25 Rage about clothing ( 4)

26 Journey, often following star ( 4) 27 Student doesn’t start as a paid worker ( 6)

DOWN

1 Look for new rates ( 5) 2 Disgracefully holding competition ( 4) 3 Put off animal, with time ( 5) 4 Lois ran to the store ( 4) 5 Surface temperature on Mars, say ( 6)

6 Three moved yonder ( 5) 11 Contented with accommodation ( 4) 13 Firm around middle ( 4) 15 Cadge from cleaner ( 6) 16 Scope in the morning section ( 5) 18 Love to bother engineers ( 5) 19 Woman finds queen transparent ( 5) 21 Sound feeble for a few days ( 4)

22 Soon get a French veto ( 4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Fibre ( 6)

4 Location ( 4)

7 Sinful ( 4)

8 Climb ( 6)

9 Country road ( 4) 10 Public school ( 4) 12 Unit of area ( 4)

14 Previous day ( 3)

16 Serpent ( 3)

17 Rodents ( 4)

20 Was indebted to ( 4) 23 Skeleton part ( 4) 24 Fruit ( 6)

25 Cog ( 4)

26 Long hike ( 4)

27 Salaried worker ( 6)

DOWN

1 Look fixedly ( 5) 2 Contest ( 4) 3 Dissuade ( 5) 4 Grain store ( 4) 5 Celestial body ( 6) 6 In that place ( 5) 11 Canvas shelter ( 4) 13 Centre ( 4) 15 Bathroom scrubber ( 6) 16 Extent ( 5) 18 Cherish ( 5) 19 Precipitous ( 5) 21 Period of time ( 4)

22 Unknown ( 4)