Two-speed coffeebreak CRYPTIC CLUES
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
ACROSS
1 Second instrument is out of tune (5) 5 Extra pears are ordered (5) 9 Limit on headwear (3) 10 Reappear about dog (5) 11 Animated a veil badly (5) 12 Honest about quantity (3)
13 About to have nothing but deer (3)
14 Child of resonance (3) 16 Captain has fitting (3)
18 Traces out wheel (6)
21 Still in the venture (4)
23 Sailor finds the French skilful (4) 26 Bring up doctor to border (6)
29 Caught sailor in hired vehicle (3) 31 Is more than one? (3) 32 Knock a style of music (3)
34 He’s on the staff (3) 36 Conscious of a vigil (5)
37 Use a shroud, say (5)
38 Sticking with jerk (3) 39 Reportedly change table (5) 40 Perfume gets posted, we hear (5)
DOWN
1 Mark, at church, is seldom seen (6) 2 Laugh about a large ring (4) 3 A section each (6) 4 Reporters insist (5) 5 Small ice cream or cake (5) 6 Pressure to get a French joke (3) 7 Part of Far East (4) 8 Give out wrong time (4) 15 Creature less cold in the East End (5) 17 Father left as a friend (3)
19 Also among pandas (3)
20 Bragged
about scrap (3) 22 Virginia gets
one through (3) 24 Reprimand for
new rebate (6) 25 Anticipate old exercise?
About time (6) 27 Navigation aid that looks both ways (5)
28 Trades lead forms on
Sunday (5)
29 Fish with a
musical tail (4) 30 Key traitor is a naughty youngster (4) 33 Like a family (4) 35 Removal includes eggs (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Acute (5)
5 Surplus (5)
9 Toothpaste lid (3) 10 Happen again (5) 11 Breathing (5)
12 Number (3)
13 Caviar (3)
14 Boy (3)
16 Suitable (3)
18 Type of sugar (6) 21 Level (4)
23 Competent (4)
26 Cover in flour? (6) 29 Taxi (3)
31 Plural of is (3)
32 Sharp blow (3)
34 Stick (3)
36 Alert (5)
37 Help (5)
38 Spasm (3)
39 Church table (5) 40 Smell (5)
DOWN
1 In short supply (6) 2 Saintly glow (4) 3 Each (6)
4 Squeeze (5) 5 Teatime treat (5) 6 Play on words (3) 7 Region (4)
8 Radiate (4) 15 Freshwater mammal (5)
17 Chum (3)
19 Common word (3) 20 Duster (3)
22 By way of (3)
24 Scold (6)
25 Await (6)
27 Radiolocation (5) 28 Transactions (5) 29 Musical ending (4) 30 Spoilt child (4)
33 Similar (4)
35 Egg cells (3)