Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Somehow grips
bud (5)
5 Nurse translating
symbols (5)
9 Lowest digit? (3)
10 Round bees, terribly
fat (5)
11 Change later,
possibly (5)
12 Beastly medic (3)
13 Drink of character,
we hear (3)
14 Bemused with
creature (3)
16 Voice, for
example (3)
18 Children have small
editions (6)
21 Youngster has a
gun (4)
23 Soar using
paddles (4)
26 Longs for months
with directions (6) 29 Supporter of
sport? (3)
31 Talented with a
drink (3)
32 Relaxed during
conversation (3)
34 Bragged about
scrap (3)
36 Aware of later
development (5)
37 Expensive pets turn out to have energy (5)
38 Originally called in
one engineer (3)
39 Guide bullock (5)
40 Music producer to fix
stair (5)
DOWN
1 Sluggish form of electricity (6) 2 European staff (4) 3 About to follow sale of goods (6) 4 Pierces German minerals (5)
5 Heard criticism of
cabaret (5)
6 Roused about
employment (3)
7 Sent off traps (4)
8 Confused ways of moving back and forth (4)
15 Lemur always gets
hold of art (5) 17 Atmosphere in
Cairo (3)
19 Elegance without the
French pen (3)
20 Child of
resonance (3)
22 Now employers have
to be obliged (3)
24 Accord, as
broadcast (6)
25 Hound in the evening
sun (6)
27 Keen to agree to
change (5)
28 Gathers pears were
cooked (5)
29 Throw sots out (4) 30 Another language in
another sentence (4) 33 Part of the Near
East (4)
35 Consumed more than seven, reportedly (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Shoot (5)
5 Ancient characters (5)
9 Foot part (3)
10 Overweight (5)
11 Transform (5)
12 Animal doctor (3) 13 Beverage (3)
14 Flightless bird (3)
16 Utter (3)
18 Matters (6)
21 Young horse (4)
23 Sculls (4)
26 Pines (6)
29 Golf peg (3)
31 Beer (3)
32 Was seated (3)
34 Piece of material (3) 36 Conscious (5)
37 Precipitous (5)
38 Born (3)
39 Navigate (5)
40 Instrument (5)
DOWN
1 Stationary (6)
2 Post (4)
3 Not wholesale (6) 4 Savages (5)
5 Sketch show (5)
6 Utilise (3)
7 Meshes (4)
8 Totter (4)
15 Wall painting (5) 17 Manner (3)
19 Pig enclosure (3) 20 Boy (3)
22 Be indebted to (3) 24 Agreement (6) 25 Breed of dog (6) 27 Avid (5)
28 Harvests (5)
29 Chuck (4)
30 Gaelic (4)
33 Region (4)
35 Devoured (3)