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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Informant at the bank (6) 4 Pets turn out to be vermin (4) 7 Press club (4)

8 A vice tallied (6)

9 Soar off using paddles (4) 10 Origin of bigger machine (4) 12 German song wasn’t truthful (4) 14 Fewer around animal (3) 16 Pressure to get a French joke (3)

17 Need to rearrange garden (4) 20 Book’s self-dedication (4) 23 Omit refuse container (4) 24 Show-stopper for fellow at home with beer (6) 25 Changed gear in anger (4) 26 Owing to student conflict (4)

27 Noise is unfortunate result (6)

DOWN

1 PM erected art above walk (5)

2 Rule out bait (4)

3 Dirge about bank (5)

4 Not good at needing money (4) 5 Terribly mean to the Spanish — that’s hard (6) 6 Set a test for flavour (5) 11 Border of hedges (4) 13 Time to order something (4) 15 Complete space with flag (6) 16 Impersonated dopes, oddly (5)

18 Put off being freed indefinitely (5)

19 Article with yours truly as subject (5)

21 Old friend gets a stone (4) 22 Attentive to wrong part (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Cashier (6) 4 Nuisance (4) 7 Metal (4) 8 Concurred (6) 9 Sculls (4) 10 Bacterium (4) 12 Fibbed (4) 14 Female sheep (3) 16 Play on words (3) 17 Biblical place (4) 20 Volume (4) 23 Jump (4) 24 Last number (6) 25 Rant (4) 26 Contest (4) 27 Steal livestock (6)

DOWN

1 Vagrant (5) 2 Tempt (4) 3 Embankment (5) 4 Hard-up (4) 5 Tooth covering (6) 6 Sample (5) 11 Margin (4) 13 Unit (4) 15 Whole (6) 16 Presented (5) 18 Postpone (5) 19 Topic (5) 21 Milky gem (4) 22 Spellbound (4)