Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 I step off snow
trail (5)
5 Supporter of small
lecture (5)
9 Fuss at a party (3)
10 City can produce
lingo (5)
11 Inclination to design
pram (5)
12 Perform in
Clacton (3)
13 Number of
contents (3)
14 Wheel takes firm
force (3)
16 One politician is a
scoundrel (3)
18 Dish on salver,
say (6)
21 Role played by
tradition (4)
23 Agrees with the
head (4)
26 Attempt to take
conclusion in (6)
29 Shelter from sleet (3) 31 Raw material from
forest (3)
32 Betting on a
spring (3)
34 Unprepared for war
breaking out (3)
36 Change later,
possibly (5)
37 Pears used as a weapon (5) 38 Previously used in poetry (3)
39 Woman finds queen transparent (5) 40 Arranges by types (5)
DOWN
1 Plates changing
colour (6)
2 Lied about being
lazy (4)
3 No rose used in
preference (6)
4 Choose from
selection (5)
5 Gets a new place to
act (5)
6 Sticking with
spasm (3)
7 Opposed to throwing
a tin (4)
8 Maintain part of
castle (4)
15 Demand tidiness (5) 17 Mother and daughter
are crazy (3)
19 Catch in one trap (3)
20 Rendition’s
conclusion (3)
22 Now employers have
to be obliged (3) 24 Store bursting with
unknown seafood (6)
25 Affords
replacements (6)
27 Argumentative sportsman? (5) 28 Approaches from
one arsenal (5)
29 Girl in glasses (4) 30 Tongue from
overseas (4)
33 Forward in
expertise (4)
35 Copy of tapestry (3)
ACROSS
1 Ski slope (5) 5 Stem (5) 9 Bother (3) 10 Dead language (5) 11 Ramp (5) 12 Behave (3) 13 Decimal base (3) 14 Gear (3) 16 Rascal (3)
18 Meal course (6) 21 Knowledge (4) 23 Signals assent (4) 26 Fashionable (6) 29 Man’s name (3) 31 Mineral (3) 32 Resort (3) 34 Uncooked (3)
36 Transform (5)
37 Javelin (5)
38 Before (3)
39 Precipitous (5)
40 Kinds (5)
DOWN
1 Crayon (6)
2 Unoccupied (4)
3 Earlier (6)
4 Vote (5)
5 Performing area (5) 6 Twitch (3)
7 Against (4)
8 Retain (4)
15 Instruct (5)
17 Insane (3)
19 Mesh (3)
20 Finish (3)
22 Be indebted to (3) 24 Edible mollusc (6) 25 Extra parts (6)
27 Oarsman (5)
28 Gets closer (5)
29 Young woman (4) 30 Gaelic (4)
33 Saucy (4)
35 Primate (3)