Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Go red when completely level (5) 5 All characters next to river that’s blue (5) 9 Rushed out of Grantham (3) 10 Danes out of range (5) 11 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5) 12 Honest about quantity (3) 13 Originally called in one electrician (3) 14 Started with sailor (3) 16 Rubbish in grotto (3) 18 Vegetable new to land (6) 21 Pleased with simplicity (4) 23 Unusual to get second chances (4) 26 Deal with unknown alliance (6) 29 Leave a resort (3) 31 Thugs have to show affection (3) 32 Neither out of ignorance (3) 34 Flowers in sleigh (3) 36 Dodge woman with keys (5) 37 Saw nonet assembling (5) 38 People of Armenia (3) 39 Pinched a shawl (5) 40 Which ones shot off east? (5)
DOWN
1 Female managed church in the country (6) 2 Tardy ordering tale (4) 3 Except if peacekeeping body gets fewer (6) 4 Rush to arrange heats (5)
5 Love to bother engineers (5) 6 Craze never included Buddhism (3) 7 Employer concocted ruse (4) 8 Give out mite mixture (4) 15 Farewell now, from yours truly to the EU (5) 17 Aged fool definitely has it (3) 19 You and I have time to get soaked (3) 20 Hardly sending ton back (3) 22 Bother at a party (3) 24 Many do upset supplier of power (6) 25 Calm queen seen running round (6) 27 Frolicking in her waterway (5) 28 Representative time with book (5) 29 Exalted figures in the theatre (4) 30 Register changes a lot (4)
33 Does translate some verse (4) 35 Swimmer feeling around (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Well-off (5)
5 Sky colour (5) 9 Sprinted (3) 10 Chilean peaks (5) 11 Book of maps (5) 12 Single (3) 13 Born (3)
14 Pitch (3) 16 Decay (3) 18 Scandinavian country (6) 21 Relax (4) 23 Probabilities (4) 26 Formal agreement (6) 29 Indian state (3) 31 Embrace (3) 32 And not (3) 34 Garland (3) 36 Avoid (5)
37 Type of saw (5) 38 Males (3)
39 Took unlawfully (5) 40 Not these (5) DOWN 1 Gallic republic (6) 2 Overdue (4) 3 Except if (6) 4 Hurry (5) 5 Cherish (5) 6 Form of Buddhism (3) 7 Consumer (4) 8 Radiate (4) 15 Word of leave-taking (5) 17 Elderly (3) 19 Moist (3) 20 Negative (3) 22 Fuss (3) 24 Generator (6) 25 Peaceful (6) 27 European river (5) 28 Broker (5) 29 Deities (4) 30 Singing voice (4) 33 Poems (4) 35 Long fish (3)