Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Exclusive as a shovel (5) 5 Europeans slope off (5) 9 Same level within department (3) 10 Permission to go (5) 11 Furious buccaneer loses head (5) 12 Noticed a blade (3) 13 Catch in one trap (3) 14 Captain has fitting (3) 16 Nod back at lecturer (3) 18 Trial or bargain (6) 21 Grow weary of strange rite (4) 23 Lied about being lazy (4) 26 Quietly allude to favour (6) 29 Sign from galleon (3) 31 Is more than one (3) 32 Copy from tapestry (3) 34 Hardly sending ton back (3) 36 Inferior cow? (5) 37 Firm about communist beliefs (5) 38 Devour in one attempt (3) 39 The first wild plant provides material (5) 40 Complains like informants (5)
DOWN
1 Instrument gets pets in trouble (6) 2 Worry about race (4) 3 Speaker finds gold by a hill (6) 4 Beg for new pedal (5) 5 Tapas turned out to be Italian food (5) 6 Removal includes eggs (3) 7 We’d run after student got suggestive (4) 8 Regarded as part of the play, say (4) 15 Lord is all around the saint (5) 17 That hurts left bird (3) 19 More polite with salesman (3) 20 Don’t stand for a fib (3) 22 Juicer contains cold thing (3) 24 He takes money out of container (6) 25 Old managed to rest strains (6) 27 New trade gets evaluated (5) 28 Reportedly attacked convict (5) 29 Thug gets left out (4) 30 Formerly in concert (4) 33 Father takes English king to the top (4) 35 Bored with raw material (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Ladle (5) 5 Posts (5) 9 Equal (3) 10 Depart (5) 11 Angry (5) 12 Hand tool (3) 13 Mesh (3) 14 Suitable (3) 16 Professor (3) 18 Trauma (6) 21 Grow bored (of) (4) 23 Unoccupied (4) 26 Choose (6) 29 Zodiac Lion (3) 31 Plural of is (3) 32 Mimic (3) 34 Negative (3) 36 Further down (5) 37 Belief (5) 38 Consume (3) 39 Woollen cloth (5) 40 Grasses! (5)
DOWN
1 Harpsichord (6) 2 Be concerned (4) 3 Public speaker (6) 4 Implore (5) 5 Spaghetti, eg (5) 6 Egg cells (3) 7 Lascivious (4) 8 Spotted (4) 15 Man’s name (5) 17 Nocturnal creature (3) 19 Agent (3) 20 Untruth (3) 22 Frozen water (3) 24 Desk part (6) 25 Makes an effort (6) 27 Assessed (5) 28 Criminal (5) 29 Hooligan (4) 30 On one occasion (4) 33 Summit (4) 35 Mineral (3)