Two-speed coffeebreak

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

Emphasise tension (6)

It’s a new tipple (4)

Bundle for a mansion (4) Irritate at the plant (6)

Hearsay about organs (4) Blessed with not as much (4) Medicine makes top politician unwell (4)

14 Some poetry from Roderick (3) 16 The golfer’s conceit (3)

17 Yearn to be extensive (4)

20 Honest old writer (4)

23 Reportedly bound

to sea change (4)

24 Make an effort on a tune (6) 25 Decorate with alcohol? (4)

26 Help make a wager (4)

27 Register for three times

as much (6) 1 4 7 8 9 10 12

DOWN

Feeling that may be common (5) Ceremony sounds correct (4) Arrange letters for a while (5) Organise sale of drinks (4) Add salt for some time (6) Children’s edition (5)

Melanie has style (4)

Lied about being lazy (4) Improvise some pasta (6) Actor surplus to requirements (5)

Start playing notes (5)

Being out for a spree (5) Answer found in favourite fuel (4)

22 Clambering around

youngster (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

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2 3 4 5 6 11 13 15 16

18 19 21

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

Anxiety (6) Sparkling wine (4)

Heap (4)

Stinging weed (6)

Pieces of corn (4) Smaller amount (4)

Tablet (4)

Verse (3) Self-image (3) Lengthy (4) Unwrap (4) Sea-level fluctuation (4)

24 Exert (6)

25 Shoe fastening (4) 26 Aid in crime (4) 27 Boy soprano (6) 1 4

7 8

9 10

12 14 16 17 20 23

DOWN

Smell or touch, eg (5)

Ritual (4)

Magic formula (5) Beers (4)

Section of the year (6)

Matter (5)

Panache (4) Unoccupied (4) Chow mein ingredient (6) Additional (5) Beginning (5) Period of self-indulgence (5) 21 Solid fuel (4)

22 Young sheep (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

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6 11 13 15

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