Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Locks small shacks (5) 5 Extra pears are ordered (5) 9 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) 10 Wife to tear off for a drink (5) 11 Fruit that’s round, as it happens (5) 12 Honest about quantity (3) 13 A great deal of flotsam (3) 14 Nod back at academic (3) 16 Animal in glasses (3) 18 Cricket team’s legs (6) 21 Bird at two parties (4) 23 Point a set out (4) 26 Composer sounds more correct (6) 29 Talk of argon, say (3) 31 Bother at a party (3) 32 Rushed out of France (3)
34 Opt to change upper garment (3) 36 Lively beer with soldier (5) 37 Arise awkwardly at sign (5) 38 Barrel tax (3) 39 Terribly bored, but dressed (5) 40 Stressed about lock (5)
DOWN
1 Is told about being dependable (6) 2 Laugh about a large ring (4) 3 Joined the team (6) 4 Scandinavian food (5) 5 Notes about weight (5) 6 Swan enclosure (3) 7 Part of
Far East (4) 8 God of the roses (4) 15 Round and empty, like an egg (5) 17 Initially a call for help (1,1,1) 19 Clowns get depressed (3) 20 Originally called in telephone engineer (3) 22 Removal includes eggs (3) 24 Attain a river, somehow (6) 25 The empty traps show principles (6) 27 Quick to knock with identification (5) 28 Food and drink (5) 29 Rage about clothing (4) 30 Attempt to use a knife (4) 33 Heard a girl’s sad cry (4) 35 Raw material from forest (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Closes (5) 5 Surplus (5) 9 Brown (3) 10 Adam’s ale (5) 11 Martini garnish (5) 12 Single (3) 13 Auction item (3) 14 Professor (3) 16 Donkey (3) 18 Number (6) 21 Extinct creature (4) 23 Compass point (4) 26 Author (6) 29 Type of element (3) 31 Fuss (3) 32 Sprinted (3) 34 Summit (3) 36 Supple (5) 37 Zodiac Ram (5) 38 Keg (3) 39 Attired (5)
40 Curl of hair (5)
DOWN
1 Impassive (6) 2 Saint’s glow (4) 3 Merged (6) 4 Vegetable (5) 5 Pebble (5) 6 Biro (3) 7 Region (4) 8 Greek deity (4) 15 Egg-shaped (5) 17 Mayday (1,1,1) 19 Inferior (3) 20 Born as (3) 22 Egg cells (3) 24 Turn up (6) 25 Sets of beliefs (6) 27 Fast (5) 28 Charred bread (5) 29 Cog (4) 30 Pierce (4) 33 Expression of woe (4) 35 Mineral (3)