Two-speed coffeebreak

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

Momentary electronics problem (5)

Small wine for fun (5)

That woman’s in the right (3)

Stare wildly at type of daisy (5)

Solar form of tests (5)

Now employees have to be obliged (3)

Beastly medic? (3)

Healthy colour in Istanbul (3)

Voice, for example (3) Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6)

21 Rule out bait (4)

23 Part of

the Far East (4)

26 Suggest having beer with member (6)

29 A great deal

of flotsam (3)

31 Field of pleasure (3)

32 Some paper

at home (3)

34 Refusal to

include land (1,1,1)

36 Sleep soundly? (5)

37 Pudding that may go off, say? (5)

38 Offence

of losing (3)

39 Moving near

a venue (5)

40 We sat around —

hard work (5) 1 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18

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Push student to get an implement (6) 2 Present during

the recording (4) 3 Speaker finds

gold by a hill (6) 4 Set a test

for flavour (5) 5 Notes about

weight (5) 6 Hope woman has somewhere to sit (3) 1 7 Forest contains

raw materials (4) 8 Dish is missing

when not there (4) 15 Fish in

the corner (5) 17 Copy of

tapestry (3) 19 Appearing to

have food (3) 20 Bragged

about scrap (3) 22 Initially

an alien ship (1,1,1) 24 Lie about

attitude (6) 25 Ranted about being passionate (6) 27 Animal all

over mother (5) 28 Stops, removes top and relaxes (5) 29 The French find Virginia hot stuff (4) 30 Tyre part found

underground (4) 33 Number from

Marianne (4) 35 Child of

resonance (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

Brief (5) 1 Hand tool (6) Recreation (5) 2 In this place (4) Pronoun (3) 3 Public speaker (6) Flower (5) 4 Sample (5) Non-written 5 Rock (5) exams (5) 6 Church seat (3)

12 Be indebted to (3) 7 Minerals (4)

13 Animal doctor (3) 8 Carrying salver (4) 14 Brown (3) 15 Viewpoint (5)

16 Declare (3) 17 Primate (3)

18 First batsman (6) 19 Vegetable (3)

21 Tempt (4) 20 Duster (3)

23 Region (4) 22 Flying

26 Claim (6) saucer (1,1,1)

29 Auction item (3) 24 Rest (6)

31 Meadow (3) 25 Fanatical (6)

32 Walk softly (3) 27 Beast of burden (5) 34 America (1,1,1) 28 Loosens (5)

36 Sleep noisily (5) 29 Molten rock (4)

37 Frozen dessert (5) 30 Hollow

38 Transgression (3) cylinder (4)

39 Amphitheatre (5) 33 Operatic solo (4) 40 Perspire (5) 35 Boy (3)

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror 1 5 9 10 11

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