Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Votes varied in range (5) Quick to knock with identification (5) End of 10 11 5 9 stipulation (3)
A vine turned green (5) Clever nowadays at pet management (5) Charge three notes (3) 14 12 13 Facts in emergency (3) Swimmer feeling around (3) Rubbish 18 16 in grotto (3) Deserved to move near journalist (6) 21 Tried working without energy or grime (4) 23 Soar off using paddles (4) 26 Wears down queen with poems (6) 29 Objection to returning tub (3) 31 Talented with a drink (3) 32 Started with sailor (3) 34 Partner’s painting (3) 36 About to employ reason (5) 37 I opt to work round a terrace (5) 38 Hitting with can (3) 39 Unbridled glee at unknown lament (5) 40 Hears about creatures (5)
DOWN
1 Produced new gates, on the day (6) 2 Reportedly bound to sea change (4) 3 Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6) 4 Come in from barren terrain (5) 5 Search for a weapon (5) 6 Greeting of bravery (3)
7 Look noble (4) 8 Told off by fool (4) 15 Sign up loner, somehow (5) 17 Course includes possessive pronoun (3) 19 Devoured more than seven, say (3) 20 Animal gives party energy (3) 22 Letters revealing debt (3) 24 Sharp statue design (6) 25 Rinses out warning devices (6) 27 Tetchy friend of Mole’s (5) 28 Cracked code with right ornamentation (5) 29 Corrupt foundation (4) 30 Recording a pet playing (4) 33 When I get a lot of land (4) 35 Bragged about scrap (3) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Oven (5)
5 Fast (5) 9 Gratuity (3) 10 Inexperienced (5) 11 Skilful (5) 12 Payment (3) 13 Information (3) 14 Long fish (3) 16 Decay (3) 18 Merited (6) 21 Filth (4) 23 Sculls (4) 26 Crumbles away (6) 29 Conjunction (3) 31 Type of beer (3) 32 Pitch (3)
34 Craft (3) 36 Starting point (5) 37 Courtyard (5) 38 Metal (3) 39 Memorial poem (5) 40 Flightless birds (5)
DOWN
1 Performed (6) 2 Ocean fluctuation (4) 3 First batsman (6) 4 Go in (5) 5 Firearm (5) 6 Welcome (3) 7 Aristocrat (4) 8 Idiot (4)
15 Enlist (5) 17 Belonging to us (3) 19 Consumed (3) 20 Female deer (3) 22 Promissory note (3) 24 Perceptive (6) 25 Temptresses (6) 27 Bad-tempered (5) 28 Furnishings (5) 29 Platform (4) 30 Adhesive strip (4) 33 Continent (4) 35 Duster (3)