Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Quick to knock with
identification (5) 5 Room to swing
capes (5) 9 Wander out of
terror (3) 10 Bar has old exercise
left (5) 11 Stop container with
energy (5) 12 Wonder in drawer (3) 13 Healthy colour in
Istanbul (3) 14 Ruin in Denmark (3)
16 Sylvester is tricky (3) 18 Traces out a
wheel (6) 21 Grass of breeding (4) 23 Help make a
wager (4) 26 Colour of zero
scope (6) 29 Prosecute a lady (3) 31 Roused about
employment (3) 32 Captain has
fitting (3) 34 Not returning a great
deal (3) 36 Val takes it to be
important (5) 37 Round bees, terribly
fat (5) 38 Previously used in
poetry (3) 39 Stone thrown at
intervals (5) 40 Stern about
payments (5)
DOWN
1 Correct, ordinarily, about cleric (6) 2 Part of the Near East (4) 3 Rep can manage to strut (6) 4 Believes chap has had me over (5) 5 Extra pears are used (5) 6 Hope wife has somewhere to sit (3) 7 Organise sale of drinks (4) 8 Notice eastern agent (4) 15 Finally doesn’t finish book (5) 17 Don’t stand for fib (3) 19 Fuss at a party (3) 20 Bragged about
scrap (3) 22 Bemused with
creature (3) 24 Shaped like an
egg? (6) 25 Flyer has the French
names (6) 27 Nurse translated
symbols (5) 28 Not once was nerve
lost (5) 29 Show contempt for
skewer (4) 30 College of note,
possibly (4) 33 Section within
department (4) 35 Nobel’s prize (1,1,1)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Fast (5) 5 Interval (5)
9 Stray (3) 10 Evict (5)
11 Desist (5) 12 Amazement (3)
13 Brown (3) 14 Spoil (3)
16 Cunning (3) 18 Type of sugar (6)
21 Water plant (4) 23 Aid in crime (4) 26 Fruit (6) 29 Woman’s name (3)
31 Utilise (3) 32 Suitable (3) 34 Weight (3) 36 Essential (5) 37 Overweight (5) 38 Before (3) 39 Sounds (5) 40 Hires (5)
DOWN
1 Clergyman (6) 2 Region (4) 3 Swagger (6) 4 Considers (5) 5 Surplus (5) 6 Church seat (3) 7 Beers (4) 8 Catch sight of (4) 15 Collection of maps (5) 17 Untruth (3) 19 Bother (3) 20 Duster (3) 22 Flightless bird (3) 24 Defeated (6) 25 Headings (6) 27 Ancient characters (5) 28 At no time (5) 29 Roasting rod (4) 30 Public school (4) 33 Fragment (4) 35 Award (1,1,1)