Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 About inclination to
be a pain (5)
5 Raid carried out by
old medium (5)
9 Rubbish in grotto (3) 10 Wear down queen
with poem (5)
11 High in an attic (5) 12 Animal gives party
energy (3)
13 Study of
cadences (3)
14 Copy of tapestry (3) 16 Parking at home –
that’s sharp (3)
18 Livestock eats
everything green (6) 21 Always in same
version (4)
23 Pass out, seeing
snakes (4)
26 Accompany new
score with time (6) 29 Exclude from pub (3) 31 That woman’s in the
right (3)
32 Consumed more
than seven, say (3) 34 Removal includes
eggs (3)
36 Show new spirit (5) 37 Chart the French
acer (5)
38 Rendition’s
conclusion (3)
39 Regarded, say, as
element of play (5) 40 Nurse translating
symbols (5)
DOWN
1 Gently hold bed (6) 2 Part of the theatre? (4)
3 Send one cat right away (2,4)
4 Plate shaped like flower part (5)
5 Drove to see old show (5)
6 Now love bother (3) 7 Notes record is intense (4)
8 Hot place in Coventry (4)
15 Location of fish, say (5)
17 One politician is a rogue (3)
19 Is more than
one? (3)
20 Rewarded with
conflict (3)
22 Deviation gets
through (3)
24 School meant to order centre of bloom (6)
25 Exhausts betting
and finishes (6) 27 Form different
heaps (5)
28 Arrange by
command (5)
29 Register a fish (4) 30 More exciting
city (4)
33 Eton varies in
quality (4)
35 Advantaged with
transport (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Muscle twinge (5) 5 Wireless (5)
9 Decay (3)
10 Grind down (5)
11 In the air (5)
12 Female deer (3)
13 Lair (3)
14 Mimic (3)
16 Metal fastener (3) 18 Inexperienced (6) 21 Constantly (4)
23 Serpents (4)
26 Companion (6)
29 Ingot (3)
31 Pronoun (3)
32 Devoured (3)
34 Reproductive cells (3)
36 Devil (5)
37 Type of tree (5) 38 Finish (3)
39 Setting (5)
40 Ancient writing (5)
DOWN
1 Crib (6)
2 Character (4)
3 Without delay (2,4) 4 Term of endearment (5)
5 Riding display (5)
6 Fuss (3)
7 Profound (4)
8 Kiln (4)
15 Put (5)
17 Rascal (3)
19 Plural of is (3)
20 Battle (3)
22 By way of (3)
24 Pollen producer (6) 25 Uses up (6)
27 Figure (5)
28 Tidiness (5)
29 Singing voice (4) 30 European capital (4)
33 Sound quality (4) 35 Vehicle (3)