Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Growth at factory (5) 5 Strength and pressure wore away (5) 9 Wooden record (3) 10 Alert to a battle to the east (5) 11 Use a shroud, say (5) 12 Study of cadences (3) 13 Catch in one trap (3) 14 Learnt about organ (3) 16 Knock Pat over (3) 18 Festival involving a steer (6) 21 Cricket match can be trial (4) 23 Changes as to fodder (4) 26 Ages getting queen a bit of stationery (6) 29 Appearing to have food (3) 31 Roused about employment (3) 32 Started with sailor (3) 34 Appalling to have friend (3) 36 Woman will ail, sadly, at church (5) 37 Curse faulty wares (5) 38 That lady from Esher (3) 39 Remove fleece, say it’s steep (5) 40 Places for spectacles, say (5)
DOWN
1 Surface temperature of Mars, say (6) 2 Nothing but affection (4) 3 A portal’s made of stones (6) 4 Terribly stale stories (5) 5 Drape around clergyman (5) 6 Bored with raw material (3) 7 Left newt out (4) 8 Ask hoarsely for file (4) 15 Finally doesn’t finish book (5) 17 A pensive time initially is suitable (3) 19 Devoured more than seven, say (3) 20 About to have nothing but eggs (3) 22 Fewer around animal (3) 24 Painter has odd traits (6) 25 Peers off on small binges (6) 27 It makes a straight line for monarch (5) 28 Burns prophets, we hear (5) 29 Don’t answer, just overtake (4) 30 Collapsed around part of church (4) 33 Bachelor’s pain (4) 35 Wonder inside drawer (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Organism (5) 5 Might (5) 9 Caber (3) 10 Conscious (5) 11 Benefit (5) 12 Lair (3) 13 Mesh (3) 14 Listening organ (3) 16 Faucet (3) 18 End of Lent (6) 21 Trial (4) 23 Grain (4) 26 Rubber (6) 29 Vegetable (3) 31 Exploit (3) 32 Pitch (3) 34 Friend (3) 36 Wonderland girl (5) 37 Vow (5) 38 Pronoun (3) 39 Precipitous (5) 40 Venues (5)
DOWN
1 Celestial body (6) 2 Cherish (4) 3 Banded gems (6) 4 Fables (5) 5 Military chaplain (5) 6 Mineral (3) 7 Departed (4) 8 Coarse file (4) 15 Volume of maps (5) 17 Suitable, fitting (3) 19 Consumed (3) 20 Fish eggs (3) 22 Female sheep (3) 24 Painter (6) 25 Periods of indulgence (6) 27 Monarch (5) 28 Scorches (5) 29 Elapse (4) 30 Church recess (4) 33 Pain (4) 35 Amazement (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Irish Daily Mirror