Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Warning the rat off (6) 4 Hit with fashion accessory (4) 7 Spoken of morality (4) 8 Informant at bank (6) 9 Decorate with alcohol? (4) 10 Last order for sailor (4) 12 Grooms have space (4) 14 Feel kind about animal (3) 16 Prunes have to manage (3) 17 Queen in the banner (4) 20 Late translating story (4) 23 Tire of emblem (4) 24 Empty victory gives a feline energy (6) 25 Appealing to reduce vitamin (4) 26 Ceremony sounds correct (4) 27 Flexible game (6)

DOWN

1 Whole time alto was performing (5) 2 Part of theatre? (4) 3 Developing roots or trunk (5) 4 Party for graduate and students (4) 5 Happy to be told not to start (6) 6 The first feeble change (5) 11 Mean to alter the last word (4) 13 Shop always displays precious stone (4) 15 Undamaged during diplomacy (6) 16 Mention freer arrangement (5) 18 Not once was nerve lost (5) 19 The woman finds Elizabeth transparent (5) 21 Fever is not initially indistinct (4) 22 Clambering around youngster (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Menace (6) 4 Sash (4) 7 Spoken (4) 8 Cashier (6) 9 Ornate material (4) 10 Seasoning (4) 12 Chamber (4) 14 Moose (3) 16 Sprint (3) 17 Princess Royal (4) 20 Fable (4) 23 Banner (4) 24 Leave (6) 25 Lovely (4) 26 Ritual (4) 27 Tree product (6)

DOWN

1 Sum (5) 2 Character (4) 3 Body (5) 4 Spherical object (4) 5 Delighted (6) 6 Small adjustment (5) 11 So be it! (4) 13 Milky gem (4) 15 Whole (6) 16 Allude (5) 18 At no time (5) 19 Precipitous (5) 21 Fever (4) 22 Young sheep (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror