Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 The best dairy product (5) 5 A foundation is corrupt (5) 9 Hearsay about organ (3) 10 Old exercise left to throw out (5) 11 Terribly eager to concur (5) 12 Energy savings scheme (3)
13 Lose argument about the Baltic, say (3) 14 Drink of character, say (3) 16 Offence of losing (3)
18 Get comfortable at home with the French (6) 21 Bird at two parties (4) 23 Need to rearrange the garden (4) 26 Irritate with hypodermic (6) 29 Talk of argon, say (3) 31 Is more than one? (3) 32 Faced with expert (3)
34 Port gets
Ray drunk (3)
36 I call out for shade (5) 37 Meant to develop as an artist (5)
38 Level with
First Lady (3) 39 Looks for joins, say (5)
40 Races round
bits of land (5)
DOWN
1 Stopped solving case with journalist (6) 2 Changed gear
in anger (4) 3 Darren went off
on a mission (6) 4 Yours truly set new encounters (5) 5 Shock a quiet friend (5) 6 Insect of character, say (3)
7 Pals out of range (4)
8 Still in the venture (4) 15 Three become solvent (5) 17 Fired with fury (3)
19 One worked for a long time (3) 20 Swimmer feeling around (3) 22 Removal includes eggs (3) 24 Merchant who gives you a hand (6) 25 Relatives have awfully nice points (6) 27 Listeners have new merits (5) 28 Greek character’s mouth (5) 29 Gasp terribly at holes (4) 30 Not different from this America (4) 33 Caught greeting in cavern (4) 35 May return some food (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Dessert topping (5) 5 Humiliate (5) 9 Listening organ (3) 10 Drive out (5) 11 Tally (5) 12 Vigour (3) 13 Body of water (3) 14 Beverage (3) 16 Transgression (3) 18 Snuggle (6) 21 Extinct bird (4) 23 Genesis place (4) 26 Sewing implement (6)
29 Type of element (3) 31 Plural of is (3)
32 Playing card (3)
34 Scottish port (3) 36 Flower (5)
37 French painter (5) 38 Previous day (3) 39 Appears (5)
40 Tracts of land (5)
DOWN
1 Desisted (6) 2 Tantrum (4) 3 Chore (6) 4 Is introduced to (5) 5 Horrify (5) 6 Hive worker (3) 7 Swiss peaks (4) 8 Level (4) 15 Flammable liquid (5) 17 Wrath (3)
19 Era (3)
20 Long fish (3) 22 Egg cells (3) 24 Tradesman (6) 25 Female relations (6) 27 Deserves (5) 28 River mouth (5) 29 Openings (4) 30 Identical (4) 33 Grotto (4) 35 Sweet potato (3)