Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Lustre changed as a

consequence (6)

4 Melanie has style (4)

7 Sailor finds the French

skilful (4)

8 Cringe as old king displays

love (6)

9 Strongbox made of South

African iron (4)

10 Sign to old soldiers (4)

12 Once ordered ice cream (4) 14 Attempt to score in rugby (3) 16 Insect of character, say (3)

17 Everything unknown to

friend (4)

20 Medium drink for bloke (4) 23 Filmed host running (4)

24 Woman has wise man to

face (6)

25 Book’s self-dedication (4)

26 Most employees have to

stop (4)

27 Mental sort of song (6)

DOWN

1 Message received: first real

ogre seen around (5)

2 Weather from Sunday to the

present (4)

3 Working a lot with new

nail (5)

4 Feels elated inside,

besides (4)

5 Ale not drunk in shelter (4-2) 6 Deny working with English

underprivileged (5)

11 Lame sort of dinner, say (4) 13 Shape of cricket in

London? (4)

15 Distant handset (6)

16 Singer has one platform (5) 18 Equal in both directions? (5) 19 We sat around – hard

work (5)

21 Tiny part of a cat (4)

22 Unexciting meat recipe (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Outcome (6)

4 Dash (4)

7 Competent (4)

8 Act obsequiously (6)

9 Secure (4)

10 Portent (4)

12 Geometric shape (4) 14 Sample (3)

16 Drone or queen? (3)

17 Companion (4)

20 Masculine (4)

23 Report (4)

24 Face (6)

25 Volume (4)

26 Stalk (4)

27 Mourn (6)

DOWN

1 Man’s

name (5)

2 Frozen

precipitation (4) 3 Claw (5)

4 Otherwise (4)

5 Shed (4-2)

6 Poor (5)

11 Repast (4)

13 Ellipse (4)

15 Far (6)

16 Foundation (5) 18 Horizontal (5)

19 Perspiration (5) 21 Particle (4)

22 Domesticate (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

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