Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Ties up location (4)
4 Hold German epitaph (4)
6 Friend working on board (4)
8 I will have small troubles (4) 11 Nude sort of hill (4)
13 Claimed to be working in
tens (7)
14 Barrel tax (3)
16 Arrive, racing around
brook (5)
18 Dish as ordered by boy (5)
21 Father also included
animal (5)
22 Tried working, exhausted (5) 24 Firm pressure on lawman (3) 25 Growth promises to be
wild (7)
28 Phase pets out (4)
30 Gossip found in dust (4)
31 Raw materials from forest (4) 32 What managed to
defrost? (4)
33 New arts supremo (4)
DOWN
1 Slide for small child (4)
2 One of the vital cosmetics (4) 3 Navigation aid that looks both
ways? (5)
4 Facts in emergency (3)
5 Scheme to get some land (4) 7 Put up with sixth bulb (5)
9 Got ale brewed smoothly (6) 10 Instrument to fix stair (5)
12 Still in the venture (4)
15 Enthusiasm gets a rector
gloomy (6)
17 Dull victory paid off (5)
19 Features slip away (4)
20 Dissuade stag with force (5) 23 Fools’ fees include parking (5) 24 Throw support (4)
26 Paints soil differently (4)
27 Move in prison (4)
29 Draw a digit, say (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Venue (4)
4 Grasp (4)
6 Pal (4)
8 Woes (4)
11 Sand drift (4) 13 In base ten (7) 14 Keg (3)
16 Stream (5)
18 Cold meal (5) 21 Type of bear (5) 22 Weary (5)
24 Police officer (3) 25 Livid (7)
28 Stair (4)
30 Filth (4)
31 Minerals (4)
32 Melt (4)
33 Russian ruler (4)
DOWN
1 Slip (4)
2 Bath powder (4)
3 Echolocation (5)
4 Information (3)
5 Conspiracy (4)
7 Flower (5)
9 Played smoothly (6) 10 Indian instrument (5) 12 Level (4)
15 Passion (6)
17 Insipid (5)
19 Mouth parts (4)
20 Postpone (5)
23 Deceives (5)
24 Play’s actors (4)
26 Greases (4)
27 Mix (4)
29 Pull (3)