Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Supermarket’s style (4) 4 Crude sort of weld (4) 6 Hose off a trainer, say (4) 8 Spots cane construction (4) 11 Soon get a French veto (4) 13 Socialist studies and shows embarrassment (7) 14 Bother at a party (3) 16 Ridicule beverages, say (5) 18 Sent figs with the first presents (5) 21 Food and drink (5)
22 Sails fashioned from plant material (5) 24 That woman’s in the right (3) 25 Appearance of characters by river (7) 28 Melanie has style (4) 30 New star of painting and music (4) 31 Whole of community (4) 32 Boy finds key for tune (4) 33 She’s a gem (4)
DOWN
1 Appearing to have food (4) 2 Free to get new skin (4) 3 Talk about new slogan (5) 4 Sign from galleon (3) 5 Show mode off (4)
7 Start playing notes (5) 9 Colour makes church ascend (6) 10 Changes new diets (5)
12 As an alternative to a group of astronauts (4) 15 Abandon in the Gobi, say (6) 17 Rota devised by a vital supplier (5) 19 Flames are terribly rife (4) 20 Relaxed next to an evil spirit (5)
23 Line travelled by new ruler (5) 24 Part of this secret noise of contempt (4)
26 Our Duncan’s tongue (4) 27 Notice eastern agent (4) 29 Sluggard has to draw (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Hair salon treatment (4) 4 Suggestive (4) 6 Footwear item (4) 8 Skin complaint (4) 11 Shortly (4) 13 Blushes (7) 14 Fuss (3) 16 Mock (5) 18 Donations (5) 21 Grilled bread (5) 22 Plant fibre (5) 24 Pronoun (3) 25 Feel (7) 28 Dash, flair (4) 30 Crafts (4) 31 Single entity (4) 32 Ditty (4) 33 Gemstone (4)
DOWN
1 Fruit (4)
2 Peel (4) 3 Intone (5) 4 Zodiac lion (3) 5 Public protest (4) 7 Beginning (5) 9 Shade of red (6) 10 Revises (5) 12 Space agency (4) 15 Wasteland (6) 17 Main artery (5) 19 Conflagration (4) 20 Devil (5) 23 Russian leader (5) 24 Snake’s sound (4) 26 Asian language (4) 27 Catch sight of (4) 29 Heave (3)