Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Animated a veil badly (5) 5 Bears used as a weapon (5) 9 Offence of losing (3) 10 Fool concerning explosive compound (5) 11 Principle of reversibility? (5) 12 Pretend in practice (3) 13 Refusal to include land (1,1,1) 14 Hearsay about piece of corn (3) 16 Child of resonance (3) 18 Sailor to achieve goal (6) 21 Always in same version (4) 23 Ethel pleaded to get assistance (4) 26 She set out treatises (6) 29 Set broken leg (3) 31 Point to the Spanish swimmer (3) 32 Rubbish in statistics (3) 34 Bolder, having aged (3) 36 First character donated a plant (5) 37 Heard location of spectacle (5) 38 Large amount of stone (3) 39 Scandinavian food (5) 40 Exhausted and broke (5)
DOWN
1 Clever statue design (6) 2 Doesn’t stand for fibs (4) 3 Natural for pub to serve tea (6) 4 Come in from barren terrain (5) 5 Look at rates review (5) 6 Marched around bend (3) 7 Wagers are best lost (4) 8 College of note, perhaps (4) 15 Terribly eager to tally (5) 17 Low-flying bird (3) 19 Self-expression during party (3) 20 Definitely an article (3) 22 Compete with luvvies (3) 24 Set tea out in the grounds (6) 25 Mighty river shelter (6) 27 Dodge questions on barrier (5) 28 Last work with small bits of wood (5) 29 Gasp wildly, seeing openings (4) 30 Mislay sole arrangement (4) 33 A victory on a river (4) 35 Slide round top (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Living (5) 5 Sword (5) 9 Transgression (3) 10 Gunpowder ingredient (5) 11 Set of beliefs (5) 12 Behave (3) 13 America (1,1,1) 14 Listening organ (3) 16 Boy (3) 18 Aim (6) 21 Constantly (4) 23 Aid (4) 26 Dissertations (6) 29 Solidify (3) 31 Slippery fish (3) 32 Shabby articles (3) 34 Elderly (3) 36 Plant (5) 37 Vision (5) 38 Weight (3) 39 European (5) 40 Used up (5)
DOWN
1 Perceptive (6) 2 Untruths (4) 3 Inborn (6) 4 Go in (5) 5 Gaze fixedly (5) 6 Curve (3) 7 Gambles (4) 8 Public school (4) 15 Concur (5) 17 Nocturnal creature (3) 19 Craft (3) 20 Common word (3) 22 Contend (3) 24 Landed property (6) 25 Powerful (6) 27 Natural fence (5) 28 Narrow strips (5) 29 Holes (4) 30 Get beaten (4) 33 English river (4) 35 Cover (3)