Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Warble about fellow
having nothing (5) 5 Hal so upset by some
swimmers (5) 9 Trendy plant (3) 10 Creature less cold in
the East End (5) 11 Representative time
with book (5) 12 Time of funeral (3) 13 Average within
department (3) 14 Level with first
woman (3) 16 Allow to hire (3) 18 Dreads wild
snakes (6) 21 Mislay sole
arrangement (4) 23 Equal with one
couple (4) 26 Running to a gun –
that’s sweet (6) 29 Angelic set
included (3) 31 Roused about
employment (3) 32 Stipulated about
dump (3) 34 Consume in one
attempt (3) 36 Animated a veil
badly (5) 37 Pears used as a
weapon (5) 38 Managed to get out
of France (3) 39 Earls running to the
light (5) 40 Reportedly posted
perfume (5)
DOWN
1 Fellow visits the Spanish church (6) 2 Brigade’s city (4) 3 A rope’s causing dramas (6) 4 Famous as a piece of music? (5) 5 Guide bullock (5) 6 That woman’s in the right (3) 7 Spoken of morality (4) 8 Money for new tool (4) 15 Object in heaven, usually (5) 17 Delighted with name (3) 19 Study of
cadences (3) 20 Betting on a
spring (3) 22 Model has some
poetry (3) 24 A trite sort of
dress (6) 25 Regret about writer
having time (6) 27 Furthest sort of
route (5) 28 Rages about
wheels (5) 29 Girl has only to
aim (4) 30 Blessed with not as
much (4) 33 Terrible name for a
ruler (4) 35 Primate seen in
tapestry (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Sing (5) 5 Group of fish (5)
9 Leg joint (3) 10 River mammal (5)
11 Broker (5) 12 Age (3)
13 Equal (3) 14 Previous day (3)
16 Permit (3) 18 Vipers (6)
21 Get beaten (4) 23 Twosome (4) 26 Confectionery (6) 29 Solidify (3)
31 Utilise (3) 32 Gratuity (3) 34 Devour (3) 36 Living (5) 37 Javelin (5) 38 Sprinted (3) 39 Beam of light (5) 40 Spoor (5)
DOWN
1 Place of worship (6) 2 Latvian capital (4) 3 Carmen and Tosca? (6) 4 Observed (5) 5 Navigate (5) 6 Pronoun (3) 7 Verbal (4) 8 Plunder (4) 15 Planet (5) 17 Biblical priest (3) 19 Lair (3) 20 Resort (3) 22 Poem (3) 24 Apparel (6) 25 Be contrite (6) 27 Exterior (5) 28 Cogs (5) 29 Target (4) 30 Fewer (4) 33 First tsar (4) 35 Mimic (3)