Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Business rated badly (5) 5 Furthest sort of route (5) 9 Brigade’s gear (3) 10 Conversed about poetry (5) 11 A step taken quickly (5) 12 Study of cadences (3) 13 Catch in one trap (3) 14 Originally called in one engineer (3) 16 Number of contents (3) 18 Complete space with flag (6) 21 Language in another sentence (4) 23 Border of hedges (4) 26 Feebly, say, but regularly (6) 29 Shade of credibility (3) 31 Is more than one? (3) 32 Hardly sending ton back (3) 34 Bragged about scrap (3) 36 First character donated plant (5) 37 Representative time with book (5) 38 People of Armenia (3) 39 Residence right for old Greek (5) 40 Small wine for fun (5)

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1 Canter off in a daze (6) 2 Mature pier design (4) 3 A stage constructed of stones (6) 4 It happened in the Seventies (5) 5 Arrange by command (5) 6 Roused about employment (3) 7 Contented with tepee (4) 8 Endlessly regretting destruction (4) 15 Deer confused about one duck (5) 17 Encourage farm produce (3) 19 One writer’s novel (3) 20 Swimmer feeling around (3) 22 About to have nothing but caviar (3) 24 Many do upset supplier of power (6) 25 Range of former explosion includes energy (6) 27 Keen to agree to change (5) 28 Takes out poet (5) 29 Brushed with haste (4) 30 Daughter gets sheep to drink (4) 33 Finished six deliveries (4) 35 Time of pageantry (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Deal (5) 5 Exterior (5) 9 Equipment (3) 10 Stanza (5) 11 Fast (5) 12 Lair (3) 13 Mesh (3) 14 Born (3) 16 Number (3) 18 Whole (6) 21 Gaelic (4) 23 Margin (4) 26 Every seven days (6) 29 Colour (3) 31 Plural of is (3) 32 Negative (3) 34 Duster (3) 36 Plant (5) 37 Broker (5) 38 Males (3) 39 Greek poet (5) 40 Recreation (5)

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1 Hypnotic state (6) 2 Ready to eat (4) 3 Banded minerals (6) 4 Occurrence (5) 5 Arrangement (5) 6 Exploit (3) 7 Canvas shelter (4) 8 Spoil (4) 15 Type of duck (5) 17 Ovum (3) 19 Fresh (3) 20 Long fish (3) 22 Fish eggs (3) 24 Generator (6) 25 Scope (6) 27 Enthusiastic (5) 28 English poet (5) 29 Hurry (4) 30 Tot (4) 33 Above (4) 35 Era (3)