Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Brushed with haste (4)
4 Association in wood, say (4)
6 Played pool game (4)
8 Metal guide (4)
11 Stick to pale daughter (4)
13 Early work by journalist
working on different levels (7) 14 Include a religious man (3)
16 Animal all over mother (5)
18 Finally doesn’t
finish a book (5)
21 Unbridled glee
at unknown lament (5)
22 Strange tale
about island resort (5)
24 Charming around branch (3) 25 Get hint about stretch (7)
28 Kitty accommodates
English writer (4)
30 Gold gives artist quality (4)
31 First man to find a barrier (4) 32 Only part of lethal force (4) 33 Decrease in autumn? (4)
DOWN
1 Stream of brilliance (4)
2 Remain and support (4)
3 Draw on the Spanish cloth (5) 4 Firm with new prisoner (3)
5 Bishop, elderly but brave (4)
7 All Ed ordered was a spoon (5) 9 Festival involving a steer (6) 10 Design is laced
another way (5)
12 Made out title (4)
15 Ragged sort of weapon (6)
17 Greeting a student
with old laugh (5)
19 Left one politician
with walking difficulty (4)
20 Satisfied dates are wrong (5) 23 Giant bird article (5)
24 Marched around building (4) 26 Objection to return
a bit of brass (4)
27 Nothing about a
form of digital protection (4) 29 Layabout in loafers (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Hurry (4)
4 Cudgel (4)
6 Equine sport (4)
8 Pencil core (4)
11 Magic stick (4)
13 In sheets (7)
14 Append (3)
16 Beast of burden (5)
18 Collection
of maps (5)
21 Memorial poem (5)
22 Israeli port (5)
24 Limb (3) 25 Make taut (7)
28 Bard (4)
30 Atmosphere (4) 31 Garden of Eden
exile (4)
32 50 per cent (4)
33 Drop (4)
DOWN
1 Small brook (4)
2 Delay (4)
3 Bathroom item (5)
4 Deceive (3)
5 Courageous (4)
7 Serving implement (5)
9 End of Lent (6)
10 Transfer (5)
12 Pantomime character (4)
15 Knife (6)
17 Hawaiian greeting (5)
19 Irregular walk (4)
20 Full or replete (5)
23 Mythological being (5)
24 Curved structure (4)
26 Instrument (4)
27 Metal fastener (4)
29 Fool (3)