Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Blocked poet’s report (6)

4 A gin cocktail makes

profit (4)

7 Scan a red construction (4) 8 Stoppage is a hit (6)

9 Tool wasted money (4)

10 Betting on a new

connection (4)

12 Affair of the bag (4)

14 Fireman’s fury (3)

16 Remote RAF manoeuvre (3) 17 Tardy ordering tale (4)

20 Race round shrub (4)

23 Game I play in Latin (4)

24 Chap has time to run (6)

25 Language in another

sentence (4)

26 Difficult to laugh on the

way (4)

27 Rude about ship’s force (6)

DOWN

1 Singer has one platform (5) 2 Unusual not to be well

done (4)

3 Doctor gets points for

attire (5)

4 Girl at a celebration (4)

5 A professor is a handsome

youngster (6)

6 New remit for headwear (5) 11 Pets turn out to be

vermin (4)

13 Sailor finds the French

skilful (4)

15 Rated wrongly by right

businessman (6)

16 Refuse match with large

harbour (5)

18 Dream about having

weapons (5)

19 Stressed about lock (5)

21 Accordance with cable (4) 22 Half a menu hides

celebrity (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

DOWN

1 Excluded (6) 1 Foundation (5)

4 Win (4) 2 Seldom seen (4)

7 Peruse (4) 3 Gown (5)

8 Punch (6) 4 Formal party (4)

9 Plunder (4) 5 Beautiful

10 Bridge (4) youth (6)

12 Container (4) 6 Bishop’s

14 Anger (3) headdress (5)

16 Distant (3) 11 Nuisance (4)

17 Overdue (4) 13 Competent (4)

20 Type of tree (4) 15 Retailer (6)

23 Board game (4) 16 Dirt, grime (5)

24 Cope (6) 18 Weapon-bearing (5) 25 Gaelic (4) 19 Braid of hair (5)

26 Solid (4) 21 Rope (4)

27 Coercion (6) 22 Celebrity (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror