Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Isolated a section (5)

5 ’Snake and Swan’ by artist (5)

9 Irritate an insect (3)

10 Gas round a region (5)

11 Notes get soldiers to improve (5)

12 Beastly medic hides in duvets (3)

13 Tin from Tuscany (3)

14 Copy of tapestry (3)

16 Partner’s painting (3)

18 Attempting to be annoying (6)

21 Thus repeatedly average (2-2)

23 Border of hedges (4)

26 Register for a drink (6)

29 Draw back from English bishops (3)

31 Model’s verse (3)

32 Father’s lemonade (3)

34 Man has to steal (3)

36 Sailor takes poem home (5)

37 Concerning a fight (5)

38 Teacher back in prison (3)

39 Reversible principle? (5)

40 Reportedly posted perfume (5)

DOWN

1 Calculator, as a cub used (6)

2 Pawn has hesitation getting a cat (4)

3 Brokers find a convenience (6)

4 Play with attorney before midnight (5)

5 Bay attracts new hags (5)

6 Honest about quantity (3)

7 Wager with a foreign character (4)

8 Tuna-mad relative (4)

15 Yearned for tree, on the day (5)

17 Brigade’s gear (3)

19 Rubbish in grotto (3)

20 Set of angels (3)

22 Bro’s new sphere (3) 24 Change speed with nothing to displace (6)

25 Old, saucy specialist (6)

27 Right to boot out machine (5)

28 Defeats terrible beast (5)

29 Give out the wrong time (4)

30 Reconstructed barn for grain (4)

33 Brooding about god (4)

35 Nobel’s prize (1,1,1)