Two- speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

CRYPTIC

CLUES

ACROSS

1 Change trees’ layout ( 5) 5 Starting point around small resting place ( 5) 9 Captain has fitting ( 3)

10 Turn over, having united writer with daughter ( 5) 11 Tried working, exhausted ( 5) 12 Insect of character, say ( 3) 13 Juicer contains something cold ( 3) 14 Nobel’s prize ( 1,1,1) 16 It’s a new way to relax ( 3)

18 Walk like small ogre ( 6) 21 As an alternative to a group of spacemen ( 4)

23 Lies about some land ( 4) 26 Distance equal to time ( 6)

29 Lose argument about the

Baltic, say ( 3) 31 Roused about employment ( 3) 32 Shade of credibility ( 3)

34 Gladstone’s son ( 3)

36 Staring at a torn page ( 5) 37 Sprinting to get the picture ( 5) 38 Appearing to have food ( 3) 39 Tessa returned something valuable ( 5)

40 Woman finds queen transparent ( 5)

DOWN

1 Share gets artist into trouble ( 6)

2 The picture contains a story ( 4) 3 Emphasise tension ( 6) 4 Organised tour around key house ( 5)

5 Film about British revolutionary ( 5)

6 Honest about quantity ( 3)

7 Does translate some poetry ( 4) 8 Reportedly nailed sensitivity ( 4) 15 Heard dullards are pigs ( 5)

17 Sick of villagers ( 3)

19 Knock Pat over ( 3) 20 Don’t stand

for untruth ( 3)

22 Devoured more

than seven, say ( 3) 24 Wild capers produce tricky situation ( 6)

25 Last listener to invoke affection ( 6)

27 Check gold key and object ( 5)

28 Some furniture,

as set out ( 5)

29 Long story

about a gas ( 4)

30 Pals out of range ( 4) 33 Weapon gets record points ( 4) 35 Is more than one? ( 3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Readjust ( 5)

5 Perch ( 5)

9 Suitable ( 3)

10 Invert ( 5)

11 Weary ( 5)

12 Hive worker ( 3) 13 Drinks cooler ( 3) 14 Award ( 1,1,1)

16 Perch ( 3)

18 Saunter ( 6)

21 Space agency ( 4) 23 Man or Wight? ( 4) 26 Astronomical distance ( 6)

29 Body of water ( 3) 31 Utilise ( 3)

32 Colour ( 3)

34 Boy ( 3)

36 Open- mouthed ( 5) 37 Lettering ( 5)

38 Vegetable ( 3)

39 Thing of value ( 5) 40 Precipitous ( 5)

DOWN

1 Allowance ( 6)

2 On a grand scale ( 4)

3 Anxiety ( 6)

4 Royal house ( 5)

5 Insurgent ( 5)

6 Single ( 3)

7 Poems ( 4)

8 Diplomacy ( 4)

15 Wild pigs ( 5)

17 Unwell ( 3)

19 Faucet ( 3)

20 Fib ( 3)

22 Consumed ( 3)

24 Abrade ( 6)

25 Make beloved ( 6) 27 Official

inspection ( 5)

28 Chairs ( 5)

29 Prose narrative ( 4) 30 Mountain range ( 4) 33 Fencing sword ( 4) 35 Plural of is ( 3)

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