Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Vessel right at the back (4) 4 Uncle’s wife is a nut, kind of (4) 6 Chief sobs uncontrollably (4) 8 Show contempt for skewer (4) 11 Cot’s terrible expense (4) 13 Crossing a bird (7) 14 Time of underachievement (3) 16 All Ed ordered was a spoon (5) 18 Attached safety device on the day (5) 21 Broadcast a race (5) 22 Fastening different parts (5) 24 Appearing to have food (3) 25 Very hot without right current (7) 28 Reg worked, wife got bigger (4) 30 Quality of note varied (4) 31 Does translate some poetry (4) 32 German politicians are smooth (4) 33 Officers’ room in confusion (4)

DOWN

1 File uneven spar (4) 2 Thwart with a sword (4) 3 Left coal production in the vicinity (5) 4 Animal in glasses (3) 5 Got a new robe (4) 7 Arson involving navigation aid (5) 9 Look for every employment (6) 10 Row about German cat (5) 12 Distinguish from constellation (4) 15 Beware a gang containing head of state (6) 17 Remove broken bidet (5) 19 Party animal (4) 20 Old-fashioned appointment with daughter (5) 23 Pressure wore away might (5) 24 Sponge has an unpleasant smell (4) 26 Once changed traffic marker (4) 27 Blessed with not as much (4) 29 He has to steal (3)

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Floating platform (4)

4 Female relative (4)

6 Head (4)

8 Roasting rod (4)

11 Price (4)

13 Aquatic bird (7)

14 Age (3)

16 Soup server (5)

18 Merged (5)

21 Sprint event (5)

22 Thong (5)

24 Vegetable (3)

25 Relevant (7)

28 Increased (4)

30 Sound quality (4)

31 Poems (4)

32 Fluent (4)

33 Untidy state (4)

DOWN

1 Speak hoarsely (4)

2 Metal sheet (4)

3 Neighbouring (5)

4 Donkey (3)

5 Roman garb (4)

7 Echo-location (5)

9 Scan (6)

10 Stripy predator (5)

12 Inform (4)

15 US president (6)

17 Subtract (5)

19 Male deer (4)

20 Obsolete (5)

23 Strength (5)

24 Stench (4)

26 Geometric shape (4)

27 Fewer (4)

29 Thieve (3)