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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Change trees’ layout (5) 5 Starting point around small resting place (5) 9 Captain has fitting (3)

10 Turn over, having united writer with daughter (5) 11 Tried working, exhausted (5) 12 Insect of character, say (3) 13 Juicer contains something cold (3) 14 Nobel’s prize (1,1,1) 16 It’s a new way to relax (3) 18 Walk like small ogre (6) 21 As an alternativ­e to a group of spacemen (4) 23 Lies about some land (4) 26 Distance equal to time (6)

29 Lose argument about the Baltic, say (3) 31 Roused about employment (3) 32 Shade of credibilit­y (3)

34 Gladstone’s son (3) 36 Staring at a torn page (5) 37 Sprinting to get the picture (5) 38 Appearing to have food (3) 39 Tessa returned something valuable (5)

40 Woman finds queen transparen­t (5)

DOWN

1 Share gets artist into trouble (6) 2 The picture contains a story (4) 3 Emphasise tension (6) 4 Organised tour around key house (5) 5 Film about British revolution­ary (5)

6 Honest about quantity (3) 7 Does translate some poetry (4) 8 Reportedly nailed sensitivit­y (4) 15 Heard dullards are pigs (5) 17 Sick of villagers (3)

19 Knock Pat over (3) 20 Don’t stand

for untruth (3)

22 Devoured more

than seven, say (3) 24 Wild capers produce tricky situation (6)

25 Last listener to invoke affection (6) 27 Check gold key and object (5)

28 Some furniture,

as set out (5)

29 Long story

about a gas (4) 30 Pals out of range (4) 33 Weapon gets record points (4) 35 Is more than one? (3)

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