Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Object to night manoeuvres (5) 5 Wrong sum, journalist thought (5) 9 Drama about sheep (3) 10 Criticise Sunday dinner (5)
11 Angry buccaneer loses head (5) 12 Originally called in one engineer (3)
13 Fix quietly, say (3)
14 Faced with expert (3)
16 You and I have time to get soaked (3)
18 Set tea out in the grounds (6)
21 Does order some medicine (4) 23 Conflicts in new arsenal (4)
26 Rated wrongly by right businessman (6) 29 Charge three notes (3) 31 Talented with a drink (3)
32 Ruin in
Denmark (3) 34 Knock a style of music (3) 36 A step taken quickly (5)
37 Drink last of spirits with determination (5) 38 Inside, holding racket (3)
39 Cutesy German fabric (5)
40 Woman takes notice of nuance (5)
DOWN
1 Supporter of photography? (6) 2 Hear about animal (4) 3 Pictures one playing games (6) 4 Wonderful fireplace, we hear (5) 5 Meant to develop as an artist (5) 6 Roused about employment (3) 7 Dish gone west (4)
8 Small group, owing to time (4) 15 A clan flourished by some water (5) 17 Hearsay about head part (3) 19 Ready for collection (3) 20 Fewer around animal (3)
22 Some poetry from Roderick (3) 24 A drama about some ships (6) 25 Calm queen seen running round (6) 27 Quick to knock with identification (5) 28 Trades lead forms on Sunday (5) 29 Loud performance, that’s true (4) 30 Language in another sentence (4) 33 Sharp as a group of detectives (4) 35 Wonder in drawer (3)