Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Wines displaying strength (5) 5 Openings for totals, say (5) 9 In favour of compromise (3) 10 Moving near a venue (5) 11 Right soot used on hair growth (5) 12 One writer’s novel (3) 13 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 14 Weight of stone (3) 16 Go on at a horse (3) 18 Latitude for fellow with style (6) 21 Sketched prince without article (4) 23 Pleased with relaxation (4) 26 Chooses steel, working with key (6) 29 Pam struggles in some current (3) 31 Wander out of terror (3) 32 Mine to tip over (3) 34 Fool dancing with elderly (3) 36 Animated a veil badly (5) 37 Heathen deity accepts silver (5) 38 Managed to get out of France (3) 39 Scandinavian food (5) 40 It happened in the Seventies (5)

DOWN

1 Extend drapes out (6) 2 Press club (4) 3 Improvise some staple food (6) 4 A stew turned out to be rubbish (5) 5 Husband brings Anne back a dye (5) 6 Honest about quantity (3) 7 Decree on new grass (4) 8 Party animal (4) 15 He admits being the proprietor (5) 17 Creature in glasses (3) 19 Fewer around field grazer (3) 20 Still in dodgy ethics (3) 22 Grimy around the edge (3) 24 Hope for a steeple (6) 25 Range of former shelter (6) 27 Pledged to have a shelf (5) 28 Bird about to move near (5) 29 A long time to cultivate sage (4) 30 Father joins eastern leader (4) 33 Terrible name for a star? (4) 35 Gladstone’s son (3)