Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 More spartan with time to

negotiate (6)

4 Long story about a gas (4)

7 Sharp as a group of

detectives (4)

8 Noble time (6)

9 Yearn to be extensive (4)

10 Picture one prisoner (4)

12 God of both orders (4)

14 Juicer contains cold

thing (3)

16 Lashed around tree (3)

17 Inclination to design

pram (4)

20 Honest old writer (4)

23 Container of little colour, we

hear (4)

24 Wish to reside differently (6) 25 Pace around headland (4) 26 Still in the venture (4)

27 Season for a

mathematician? (6)

DOWN

1 Dull British country (5)

2 Is furious, losing energy for

tabloids (4)

3 A riot out of proportion (5) 4 Lois ran to tower (4)

5 A professor is a handsome

youngster (6)

6 Fish in the corner (5)

11 Force of manic rampage (4) 13 Rent is increased, we

hear (4)

15 Excellent selection (6)

16 Enough to have beer with

politician (5)

18 Danes out of range (5)

19 Prophet takes husband to

be transparent (5)

21 Map of esplanade (4)

22 Solid company (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

DOWN

1 Haggle (6) 1 Tasteless (5)

4 Epic tale (4) 2 Tatters (4)

7 Corrosive substance (4) 3 Scale (5)

8 Month (6) 4 Grain store (4)

9 Be wistful (4) 5 Beautiful

10 Religious image (4) youth (6)

12 Norse deity (4) 6 Viewpoint (5)

14 Frozen water (3) 11 Stuff, fill (4)

16 Charred remains (3) 13 Lease (4)

17 Slope (4) 15 Option (6)

20 Unwrap (4) 16 Sufficient (5)

23 Bucket (4) 18 South American 24 Lust (6) mountains (5) 25 Cloak (4) 19 Precipitous (5) 26 Level (4) 21 Scheme (4)

27 Warm months (6) 22 Hard (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror