Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Run to a fee (6)

4 Darts player’s place in Rochester (4)

7 A new RAF is a long way off (4)

8 Bothering about some jewellery (6)

9 Sieve fits badly (4)

10 Devours a set recipe (4)

12 Rent out flyer (4)

14 Sick of villagers (3)

16 Regard for diocese (3)

17 Leave out of room itself (4) 20 Woman to sail away (4)

23 Reportedly drew an amphibian (4)

24 The puzzle of the toolshed? (6)

25 Rent hill, to a point (4)

26 Lone broadcast at Christmas (4)

27 Star ready for evening (6)

DOWN

1 Plants one after key performance (5)

2 Race around some land (4)

3 Keen to agree to change (5) 4 Roasting outside oven (4)

5 Credit deity with emergency (6)

6 Praise former spouse bringing lot back (5)

11 Opposed to throwing a tin (4) 13 God of the roses (4)

15 Tell engineers strange tale (6)

16 Relaxed next to an evil spirit (5)

18 Ruins hiding

English creatures (5)

19 Finished on time, that’s obvious (5)

21 Lazy-sounding hero (4)

22 Unusual to get second chances (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Demand payment (6) 4 Darts starting point (4)

7 At a distance (4)

8 Considerate (6)

9 Filter (4)

10 Consumes (4)

12 Sea bird (4)

14 Unwell (3)

16 Notice (3)

17 Neglect (4)

20 Bart’s sister? (4)

23 Amphibian (4)

24 Conundrum (6)

25 Ripped (4)

26 Yuletide (4)

27 Dusk (6)

DOWN

1 Prickly succulents (5)

2 Area measure (4) 3 Enthusiastic (5)

4 Kiln (4)

5 Unstable period (6)

6 Eulogise (5)

11 Against (4)

13 Greek god (4)

15 Narrate (6)

16 Devil (5)

18 Female horses (5) 19 Observable (5)

21 Object of worship (4)

22 Probabilities (4)