Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Reported location of fish (6) 4 Climbing round branch (4)

7 Not far from one argument (4)

8 Informant at the bank? (6) 9 Doom fixed by temper (4) 10 Honest old writer (4)

12 Love to upset animal (4)

14 Juicer contains cold thing (3)

16 Now employers have to be obliged (3)

17 Flutes surrounding another instrument (4)

20 A study of port (4)

23 Except broken vase (4)

24 Discuss what young lady consumed (6)

25 At the end, English sea resort causes relaxation (4) 26 Spin the first vase (4)

27 Vacation in alcove (6)

DOWN

1 Plate shaped like part of flower (5)

2 Everything unknown to friend (4)

3 Sign up confused loner (5) 4 Feeble sort of meal (4)

5 Absurd to put press in charge (6)

6 Friend gets keys to move (5) 11 Pets turn out to be vermin (4)

13 Dog left to have a look (4) 15 Brave, working with European mammal (6)

16 Start playing notes (5)

18 Beneath French and German articles (5)

19 Musical game (5)

21 Made announcement about headmaster (4)

22 Ticket price sounds reasonable (4)

Quick clues ACROSS DOWN

1 Seafood (6) 4 Body part (4) 7 Close (4) 8 Cashier (6) 9 Demeanour (4) 10 Unwrap (4) 12 Small rodent (4) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Be indebted to (3) 17 Bard’s tool of the trade? (4) 20 Middle Eastern city (4) 23 Rescue (4) 24 Argument (6) 25 Simplicity (4) 26 Rotate (4) 27 Niche (6)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror 1 Term of endearment (5)

2 Companion (4)

3 Enlist (5)

4 Having difficulty walking (4)

5 Sarcastic (6)

6 Shift (5)

11 Nuisance (4)

13 Leer (4)

15 Dam-builder (6) 16 Beginning (5)

18 Below (5)

19 Logical pursuit (5) 21 Senior member of the clergy (4)

22 Paying passenger (4)