Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues ACROSS
1 Tolerate a beast (4)
4 Agreement sounds full (4)
6 Pain of hypochondriac
heightened (4)
8 Leave out of room itself (4)
11 Course interior that belongs
to you and me (4)
13 Tiny relative has least (7)
14 Roused about employment (3) 16 Understood thanks, note
it! (5)
18 Wonderful purse design (5)
21 Fool concerning saltpetre (5) 22 Tried working when weary (5) 24 More polite with salesman (3) 25 Mistake, catching extremely
insular creature (7)
28 Dash from Arundel
animatedly (4)
30 Dance right, swimmer (4)
31 Fellow of balance (4)
32 Walk like a policeman (4)
33 School yet to deal with
inflammation (4)
DOWN
1 Good time for an explosion (4) 2 Like a family (4)
3 Briton takes turn as
vanguard (5)
4 Included for each expert (3)
5 Book’s self-dedication (4)
7 Sing to a new person (5)
9 Tiny moment (6)
10 Row about German animal (5) 12 Agree with costume (4)
15 Way to get abundant
struggle (6)
17 Craig managed tobacco
roll (5)
19 Philip goes east on tube (4) 20 Majestic Elgar composition (5) 23 Drain off money (5)
24 Gather pear was cooked (4) 26 Sensed material (4)
27 Feel becalmed around
river (4)
29 The French daughter or
son (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Ursine mammal (4) 4 Alliance (4)
6 Yearn (4)
8 Neglect (4)
11 Possessive
pronoun (4)
13 Smallest amount (7) 14 Utilise (3)
16 Implied (5)
18 Great (5)
21 Gunpowder
ingredient (5)
22 Exhausted (5)
24 Agent (3)
25 Long-necked safari
star (7)
28 Dash (4)
30 Stagger (4)
31 Man’s name (4)
32 Trudge (4)
33 Eye infection (4)
DOWN
1 Loud noise (4)
2 Similar (4)
3 Lookout (5)
4 For every (3)
5 Heavy volume (4)
7 Mortal (5)
9 Period of time (6) 10 Feline (5)
12 Outfit (4)
15 Conflict (6)
17 Cheroot (5)
19 Conduit (4)
20 Royal (5)
23 Currency unit (5) 24 Harvest (4)
26 Matted wool
fibres (4)
27 European
waterway (4)
29 Boy (3)