Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Phoned after parking accident (5) 5 Move into underwear (5) 9 Wooden record (3) 10 Distribute a toll differently (5) 11 Panic that wakes you up (5) 12 Fewer around animal (3) 13 Catch in one trap (3) 14 Roused about employment (3) 16 Creature of romance (3) 18 Set tea out in the grounds (6) 21 Cricket match can be trial (4) 23 Gossip about pressure holes (4) 26 Shade cowardly (6) 29 Limit on headwear (3) 31 Field of pleasure (3) 32 Granny’s bread (3) 34 Guided by a light (3) 36 Small tree shows endurance (5) 37 Turn aside and declare time (5) 38 Won over for the present (3) 39 Course right for vessel (5) 40 Gestures for second gins to be mixed (5)
DOWN
1 Surface temperature on Mercury, say (6) 2 Part of the play? (4) 3 A portal’s made of stones (6) 4 Stomach takes in morning variety (5) 5 Steel affected by bad weather (5) 6 Question musical that failed to start (3) 7 Mite harmed something (4) 8 Meagre sort of hint (4) 15 Auction includes British fur (5) 17 A record peak (3) 19 Remain without a pen (3) 20 The golfer’s conceit (3) 22 Period of underachievement (3) 24 Not initially sounding bored under shelter (6) 25 School has current information on personal connections (6) 27 Berry Snr (5) 28 Endures to final second (5) 29 Recalled about visit (4) 30 Map of esplanade (4) 33 Soon get a French veto (4) 35 Level with first woman (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Collision (5) 5 Work period (5) 9 Caber (3) 10 Apportion (5) 11 Sudden terror (5) 12 Female sheep (3) 13 Mesh (3) 14 Exploit (3) 16 Male (3) 18 Landed property (6) 21 Examination (4) 23 Openings (4) 26 Colour (6) 29 Toothpaste lid (3) 31 Meadow (3) 32 Female relative (3) 34 Went ahead (3) 36 Backbone (5) 37 Avoid (5) 38 Immediately (3) 39 Passenger ship (5) 40 Signals (5)
DOWN
1 Celestial body (6) 2 Character (4) 3 Banded minerals (6) 4 Entire range (5) 5 Icy rain (5) 6 In what manner? (3) 7 Unit (4) 8 Slender (4) 15 Black in heraldry (5) 17 Mountain (3) 19 Pig enclosure (3) 20 Self-image (3) 22 Age (3) 24 Canopy (6) 25 Tendons (6) 27 More aged (5) 28 Survives (5) 29 Shout (4) 30 Scheme (4) 33 Unknown author (4) 35 Previous day (3)