Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Reportedly posted perfume (5)
5 Talked of bicycle part (5)
9 Starting with sailor (3)
10 Come in from barren terrain (5)
11 A quiet fellow has protective gear (5) 12 Ripen in time (3)
13 Drink of character, say (3)
14 Relaxed during conversation (3)
16 Voice, for example (3)
18 Alien runs back and forth to queen, in a wobble (6)
21 Around only a litre of fuel (4)
23 Brag without starting oven (4)
26 Farmyard vessel of German design (6)
29 Charming around branch (3)
31 Lose argument about the Baltic, say (3)
32 Colour of mutant (3)
34 A record peak (3)
36 Love to work with one material (5)
37 Riddle of the kitchen? (5)
38 School to throw out drinker (3)
39 Loud note played outside many times (5)
40 Reportedly steals minstrel’s tools of the trade (5)
DOWN
1 Motionless form of electricity (6)
2 About to copy cloak (4)
3 Mistakes rodent in age (6)
4 Nervous part of speech (5)
5 Declare condition (5)
6 She’s on the line (3)
7 Raw materials from forest (4)
8 Notice eastern agent (4)
15 Compensate by sending a note (5)
17 Creature in glasses (3)
19 Feel modest about growth (3)
20 About to have nothing but eggs (3)
22 Alternatively have a paddle (3)
24 Performer’s unusual traits (6)
25 Number set out principles (6)
27 Panes smashed atski resort (5)
28 Bequeathed trainee a hammer (5)
29 Register changes a lot (4)
30 Supporter of sailing? (4)
33 Nothing in beer plant (4)
35 Don’t stand for a fib (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Smell (5)
5 Chatted (5)
9 Pitch (3)
10 Go in (5)
11 Pinafore (5)
12 Era (3)
13 Beverage (3)
14 Took a chair (3) 16 Utter (3)
18 Stagger (6)
21 Black carbon (4) 23 Kiln (4)
26 Trough (6)
29 Limb (3)
31 Body of water (3) 32 Brown (3)
34 Mountain (3)
36 Fabric (5)
37 Colander (5)
38 Drunkard (3)
39 Frequently (5) 40 Stringed instruments (5)
DOWN
1 Stationary (6)
2 Headland (4)
3 Literary typos (6)
4 Anxious (5)
5 Affirm (5)
6 Clothes fastener (3)
7 Minerals (4)
8 Catch sight of (4) 15 Make amends (5) 17 Donkey (3)
19 Type of tree (3)
20 Small deer (3)
22 Scull (3)
24 Painter (6)
25 Sets of beliefs (6) 27 Poplar (5)
28 Auctioneer’s mallet (5)
29 Singing voice (4) 30 Pole on a yacht (4) 33 Fleshy succulent (4) 35 Untruth (3)