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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 New dove, new county (5) 5 Heard dullards are pigs (5) 9 Are back for a long time (3) 10 Rootstock in poor rising (5) 11 Meeting to cook tacos (5) 12 Sort of milkman (3) 13 Field of pleasure (3) 14 Swimmer feeling around (3) 16 Use a needle like this, say (3) 18 Get comfortabl­e at home with the French (6) 21 Rubbish on a list (4) 23 Arid sort of attack (4) 26 The hollow tree managed to sway (6) 29 Set broken leg (3) 31 In favour of compromise (3) 32 Lawman takes firm pressure (3) 34 Animal in glasses (3) 36 Suspend new padre (5) 37 Corrected oval with one instrument (5) 38 He’s good at karate (3) 39 Some insects are small and affectiona­te (5) 40 Produce financial return (5)

DOWN

1 Merchant who gives you a hand (6) 2 Language in another sentence (4) 3 Empty tin in barrel (6) 4 Observes musical sounds (5) 5 Super fish! (5) 6 Lubricant from boiler (3) 7 Demands mask suddenly (4) 8 Owls fly, but not fast (4) 15 Three become solvent (5) 17 Delighted with name (3) 19 Devour in one attempt (3) 20 Previously used in poetry (3) 22 Raw material from forest (3) 24 First character raced around some shops (6) 25 Count on keys on post’s top extremity (6) 27 Mopes about at racecourse (5) 28 Trifle with attorney before midnight (5) 29 Paunches show courage (4) 30 The French find Virginia hot stuff (4) 33 Old friend gets a stone (4) 35 Teacher back in prison (3)

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