Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Different parts of
swimmer (5)
5 Origins of
botany? (5)
9 Copper gets point of
signal (3)
10 Finished on time,
that’s obvious (5)
11 Possibly dream about having guns (5)
12 Advantaged with
transport (3)
13 Cleopatra owns
lion (3)
14 Primate in the
paper (3)
16 Direct scheme (3) 18 Go tiny way off,
playing (6)
21 Regarded as part of
play, say (4)
23 Employed American
journalist (4)
26 Set tea out in the
grounds (6)
29 Live English flyer (3) 31 Electric creature in
wheels (3)
32 Crawler, when
quiet (3)
34 Pam lost
directions (3)
36 Fast old tempo (5) 37 Hid a horse round
part of America (5) 38 Reduction at the
barber’s? (3)
39 She can be heard at
Christmas (5)
40 Difficult times in
Crete ensue (5)
DOWN
1 Degrees that surround fish (6)
2 Peru turned out unsullied (4)
3 Distant handset (6) 4 Play with attorney before midnight (5) 5 Digit is small and not odd (5)
6 Time of alteration (3) 7 Terribly neat feature of Sicily (4)
8 Second actor is bogus (4)
15 I step off snow trail (5) 17 Topless Claire causes
anger (3)
19 Honest about
quantity (3)
20 Tug back on
stomach (3)
22 Fewer round
animal (3)
24 Can see improvement at gathering (6)
25 Opted to arrange
second stores (6)
27 Flower part showing
sad lapse (5)
28 Distribute a toll
differently (5)
29 Reportedly obstruct
some nations (4)
30 Ruler in the
mirror (4)
33 Astound by juggling
nuts (4)
35 Fuss at a party (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Young herring (5)
5 Pulses (5)
9 Snooker stick (3)
10 Observable (5)
11 Weapon-bearing (5) 12 Vehicle (3)
13 Zodiac sign (3)
14 Mimic (3)
16 Target (3)
18 Trifling (6)
21 Spotted (4)
23 Second-hand (4) 26 Landed property (6) 29 Insect (3)
31 Jellied delicacy? (3) 32 Serpent (3)
34 Chart (3)
36 Slow tempo (5)
37 US state (5)
38 Sever (3)
39 Woman’s name (5) 40 Adolescents (5)
DOWN
1 Weighing device (6) 2 Chaste (4)
3 Far (6)
4 Now (5)
5 Number (5)
6 Age (3)
7 Volcano (4)
8 Fake (4)
15 Ski slope (5)
17 Wrath (3)
19 Single (3)
20 Intestine (3)
22 Female sheep (3) 24 Spiritualist’s meeting (6)
25 Warehouses (6)
27 Flower part (5)
28 Apportion (5)
29 Group of countries (4)
30 Islamic chieftain (4) 33 Amaze (4)
35 Bother (3)