Two-speed coffeebreak

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Singer has one platform (5) 5 Ever-changing small swerves (5) 9 Crawler, when quiet (3) 10 Landowner has hideout for defence (5) 11 Pinched a shawl (5) 12 Raw material from forest (3) 13 Asking about relatives (3) 14 Swimmer feeling around (3) 16 Mention a broadcast about arrest (3) 18 Gold entrance initially was sweet (6) 21 Youngster of innate energy (4) 23 Loud performance, that’s true (4) 26 Supporter of photography? (6) 29 Layabout in loafers (3) 31 That woman’s in the right (3) 32 Terribly fat at the back (3)

34 Delighted with name (3) 36 Rascal gets the Spanish to drive (5)

37 Got an alternative routine (5)

38 Supporter of sport? (3) 39 Gets a new place to act (5)

40 The others find small snooker aids (5)

DOWN

1 Demand wager about container (6) 2 It’s a new drink (4) 3 Cadge from cleaner (6) 4 Steel broke in cold conditions (5) 5 Flower smaller than a cello (5) 6 Wander out of terror (3)

7 Need to rearrange the garden (4) 8 Spurn buns that are returned (4) 15 European lake is creepy (5) 17 Marched around bend (3) 19 Wanting to include worker (3)

20 Alien ship you

found inside (1,1,1) 22 Are back for

a long time (3)

24 Changes nowadays past improving (6)

25 Lets it recreate names (6) 27 Inherit limitless chaos along with flower (5)

28 Previous

cleric (5)

29 Soar off using

paddles (4)

30 Feat, organising Greek export (4) 33 Charge on time and distance (4) 35 Prisoner to fall behind (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Foundation (5) 5 Changes direction (5) 9 Serpent (3) 10 Scottish landowner (5)

11 Took unlawfully (5) 12 Mineral (3)

13 Family (3)

14 Long fish (3)

16 Catch (3)

18 Cake (6)

21 Adolescent (4)

23 Datum (4)

26 Camera stand (6) 29 Fool (3)

31 Pronoun (3)

32 Ship’s stern (3)

34 Biblical priest (3)

36 Force into action (5) 37 Ballroom dance (5) 38 Golf peg (3)

39 Performing area (5) 40 Relaxes (5)

DOWN

1 Woven bag (6) 2 Sparkling wine (4) 3 Loofah (6) 4 Semi-frozen rain (5) 5 Stringed instrument (5)

6 Stray (3)

7 Paradise (4)

8 Rebuff (4)

15 Supernatural (5) 17 Curve (3)

19 Insect (3)

20 Flying saucer (1,1,1) 22 Age (3)

24 Modifies (6)

25 Headings (6)

27 European river (5) 28 Clergyman (5)

29 Sculls (4)

30 Greek cheese (4) 33 Units of length (4) 35 Insulate (3)

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror