Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Firework found in salad (6) 4 Contemporary with parttimer (4)

7 Arid sort of attack (4)

8 Friend and expert in

building (6)

9 Sick to pursue medium

plant (4)

10 Help make a wager (4)

12 Friend working on board (4) 14 Unacceptable in the

south (3)

16 Don’t stand for a fib (3)

17 Arrange by kind (4)

20 Fellow too worried about

limb (4)

23 Fit to cut (4)

24 Sensitive offer (6)

25 Agreeable resort (4)

26 Woman has time to get

ingredient (4)

27 Tenner spent on enzyme for

cheese (6)

DOWN

1 Drive back to see film about

parking (5)

2 Recalled about visit (4)

3 Handle a pleasant

surprise (5)

4 Item moving in the fourth

dimension (4)

5 Chief rioted unexpectedly (6) 6 Scheme includes one

flier (5)

11 Insect right to have a

drink (4)

13 In total sobriety too (4)

15 Improve engineers with

penalty (6)

16 Yoga position for all in

America (5)

18 Clay worker doesn’t start

with animal (5)

19 Deserve new timer (5)

21 Leave out of room itself (4) 22 Brooding about god (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

DOWN

1 Spaceship (6) 4 Office worker (4)

7 Inroad (4) 8 Royal residence (6)

9 Factory (4) 10 Aid in crime (4)

12 Pal (4) 14 Not at home (3) 16 Untruth (3)

17 Type (4) 20 Body part (4) 23 Tidy (4) 24 Sore (6) 25 Pleasant (4) 26 Animal fat (4) 27 Curdling agent (6)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

1 Disgust (5)

2 Shout (4)

3 Deal with (5)

4 Occasion (4)

5 Newspaper

boss (6)

6 Aviator (5)

11 Ale (4)

13 As well (4)

15 Purify (6)

16 Flower (5)

18 Freshwater

mammal (5)

19 Earn (5)

21 Neglect (4)

22 Norse deity (4)