Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Finished with a type of food (5) 5 Animal from eastern country (5) 9 Colony resident has a book (3) 10 Hammer donated to student (5) 11 Reticent about trees (5) 12 Devour in one attempt (3) 13 Fewer around livestock (3) 14 Grandmother consumed banana (3) 16 Roderick has some poetry (3) 18 Clever statue design (6) 21 Unexciting meat recipe (4) 23 Willing bird (4) 26 Most remorseful about shaking (6) 29 Sign from galleon (3) 31 Is more than one? (3) 32 Rubbish in statistics (3) 34 More polite with salesman (3) 36 Lively beer with soldier (5) 37 Starting point by way of Pole, like a bird (5) 38 Child of resonance (3) 39 Irritated to get right deli wrong (5) 40 Reportedly seen and located (5) DOWN 1 Type of leather, that’s obvious (6) 2 A novel once more (4) 3 Master managed to flow (6) 4 Spy is a refined chap (5) 5 It happened in the Seventies (5) 6 Field of pleasure (3) 7 Voice changing a lot (4) 8 Be brave enough to read out (4 15 Heard to foretell implement (5) 17 Stupid woman got married (3) 19 Ready for collection (3) 20 The golfer’s conceit (3) 22 Copy from tapestry (3) 24 Painter’s eccentric traits (6) 25 Stretch old nurse (6) 27 Quick to knock with identification (5) 28 Intends to find method (5) 29 Left tune at home (4) 30 Spoken of morality (4) 33 Nothing in beer plant (4) 35 Level with first woman (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Spaghetti, eg (5) 5 Antelope (5) 9 Insect (3) 10 Auctioneer’s tool (5) 11 Curt (5) 12 Consume (3) 13 Female sheep (3) 14 Relative (3) 16 Poem (3) 18 Perceptive (6) 21 Domesticate (4) 23 Pastime (4) 26 Quake (6) 29 Zodiac Lion (3) 31 Plural of is (3) 32 Shabby articles (3) 34 Agent (3) 36 Supple (5) 37 Bird-like (5) 38 Boy (3) 39 Annoyed (5) 40 Located (5) DOWN 1 Copyright (6) 2 Again (4) 3 Brook (6) 4 Broker (5) 5 Occurrence (5) 6 Meadow (3) 7 Singing voice (4) 8 Challenge (4) 15 Hand tool (5) 17 Dull (3) 19 Solidify (3) 20 Self-image (3) 22 Primate (3) 24 Painter (6) 25 Lengthen (6) 27 Fast (5) 28 Signifies (5) 29 Den (4) 30 Verbal (4) 33 Plant (4) 35 Previous day (3)