Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Give conclusion to old wife (5) 5 Youngster has journalist in pieces (5) 9 Animal gives party energy (3) 10 Remove a seer forcibly (5) 11 Children’s edition (5) 12 Shade of credibility (3) 13 Supporter of sport? (3) 14 In favour of compromise (3) 16 Use a needle like this, say (3) 18 Right lease, wrong second-hand offering (6) 21 Rubbish on a list (4) 23 Goes on at horses (4)
26 Hit different roads in parts (6)
29 Feel modest about growth (3) 31 These days, love is a bother (3) 32 Started with sailor (3)
34 Animal in glasses (3) 36 Cause curdled dip (5) 37 Illuminated concerning quantity (5)
38 Hitting with can (3) 39 Secreted around island (5) 40 Scandinavian
food (5)
DOWN
1 Chief rioted unexpectedly (6) 2 One’s oddest feature (4) 3 Abandon in the Gobi, say (6) 4 You and I record small sobs (5) 5 She can be heard at Christmas (5) 6 Roused about employment (3)
7 Resting-places in the county (4) 8 Sketch a tie (4) 15 Quick to knock with identification (5) 17 Encourage farm produce (3) 19 Devour in one attempt (3) 20 Rendition’s
conclusion (3) 22 Low-flying
bird (3)
24 Sharp statue
design (6)
25 Calm queen seen running round (6) 27 Rush to arrange heats (5) 28 Got up with
small flowers (5) 29 The picture contains a story (4)
30 Lame sort of gender (4) 33 Sharp as a group of detectives (4) 35 It’s a new way to relax (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Bequeath (5) 5 Diced (5) 9 Female deer (3) 10 Rub out (5) 11 Matter (5) 12 Colour (3)
13 Golf peg (3) 14 Expert (3) 16 Darn (3) 18 Second auction (6) 21 Schedule (4) 23 Scolds (4) 26 Fractions (6) 29 Type of tree (3) 31 Fuss (3)
32 Pitch (3) 34 Donkey (3) 36 Condiment (5) 37 Liquid measure (5)
38 Metal (3)
39 Mediterranean
island (5)
40 Vegetable (5)
DOWN
1 Newspaper chief (6) 2 Pry (4)
3 Wasteland (6)
4 Cries (5)
5 Festive song (5)
6 Utilise (3)
7 Cots (4)
8 Pull (4)
15 Fast (5)
17 Ovum (3)
19 Consume (3)
20 Finish (3)
22 Nocturnal predator (3)
24 Perceptive (6)
25 Peaceful (6)
27 Hurry (5)
28 Romantic bouquet? (5)
29 On a grand scale (4) 30 Masculine (4)
33 Corrosive substance (4) 35 Be seated (3)