Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Quiet at back of tunnel (5) 5 Bores about not being drunk (5) 9 Pressure too much, in case (3) 10 Sheepish round wine producer (5) 11 High in an attic (5) 12 Shade of credibility (3) 13 Study of cadences (3) 14 Time of pageantry (3) 16 School nowadays is gloomy (3) 18 Lads in trouble in isolated spot (6) 21 Thus repeatedly average (2-2) 23 Changes as to fodder (4) 26 Tune played with hesitation became fixed(6) 29 Leaving during coffee (3) 31 Bit more than seven, say (3) 32 Supporter of sport? (3) 34 Member of whole group (3) 36 Aspired to include part of church (5) 37 It happened in the Seventies (5) 38 Teacher back in prison (3) 39 Mathematical crawler (5) 40 Locations of spectacles, say (5)

DOWN

1 Implements in a suit (6) 2 Gap sounds complete (4) 3 A professor is a handsome youngster (6) 4 Whole time alto was performing (5) 5 Rinse out warning device (5) 6 Honest about quantity (3) 7 Resting-places in the county (4) 8 Scan a red construction (4) 15 Stomach has a medium scope (5) 17 Perform in Clacton (3) 19 Child of resonance (3) 20 Animal gives party energy (3) 22 Layabout in loafers (3) 24 Performer has unusual traits (6) 25 Guides bullocks (6) 27 Keen to agree to change (5) 28 Tries out cricket matches (5) 29 All right for artist to have vegetable (4) 30 Fellow went ahead and bolted (4) 33 Creepy-sounding lake (4) 35 Level with First Lady (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Handle (5) 5 Rational (5) 9 Seed-case (3) 10 Sheep-like (5) 11 In the air (5) 12 Colour (3) 13 Lair (3) 14 Era (3) 16 Miserable (3) 18 Guernsey, eg (6) 21 Average (2-2) 23 Grain (4) 26 Neither male nor female (6) 29 Cancelled (3) 31 Consumed (3) 32 Golf peg (3) 34 Limb (3) 36 Steeple (5) 37 Occurrence (5) 38 Term of respect (3) 39 Viper (5) 40 Venues (5)

DOWN

1 Card suit (6) 2 Opening (4) 3 Beautiful youth (6) 4 Sum (5) 5 Temptress (5) 6 Number (3) 7 Cots (4) 8 Peruse (4) 15 Entire range (5) 17 Behave (3) 19 Boy (3) 20 Female deer (3) 22 Fool (3) 24 Painter (6) 25 Navigates (6) 27 Enthusiastic (5) 28 Examines (5) 29 Ladies’s fingers (4) 30 Ran away (4) 33 Great Lake (4) 35 Previous day (3)