TWO-SPEED COFFEEBREAK

ACROSS: 1 Gambit, 4 Want, 7 Rain, 8 Stripe, 9 Star, 10 Seer, 12 Cost, 14 Ire, 16 Awe, 17 Echo, 20 Fine, 23 Sour, 24 Legend, 25 Soul, 26 Then, 27 Outset.

DOWN: 1 Gusto, 2 Mare, 3 Tress, 4 Wise, 5 Antrim, 6 Terse, 11 Etch, 13 Open, 15 Refuse, 16 Asset, 18 Cello, 19 Bidet, 21 Iron, 22 Less.