Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
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)