Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Push for second search (5) 5 Utensil is part of suit (5) 9 Tin from Tuscany (3) 10 Surpass a large size, say (5) 11 Strange to send a line (5) 12 Honest about quantity (3) 13 A great deal of flotsam (3) 14 Child of resonance (3) 16 Voice, for example (3) 18 Cricket team’s legs (6) 21 Team dies away (4) 23 Peer in real trouble (4) 26 Sensitive offer (6) 29 That woman’s in the right (3) 31 Sign from galleon (3) 32 More polite with salesman (3) 34 Refusal to include land (1,1,1) 36 Stages for performing pests (5) 37 Simpleton caught inside hill (5) 38 Regard for diocese (3) 39 Ted’s worried about European mount (5) 40 Reportedly seen and positioned (5)
DOWN
1 Climbs to get fishy plates (6) 2 Laugh about a large ring (4) 3 Joined the team (6) 4 Nervous part of speech (5) 5 Small ice cream or cake (5) 6 Swan enclosure (3) 7 Organise sale of drinks (4) 8 Notice eastern agent (4) 15 Sheepish round wine producer (5) 17 Fairy’s manner (3) 19 Permit to hire (3) 20 Originally called in one engineer (3) 22 Juicer contains something cold (3) 24 Stop and
apprehend (6) 25 Declined new pleas, on the day (6) 27 European country animal (5) 28 Does order small correct servings (5) 29 Jeer at that
man’s son (4) 30 Prudence gets discourteous (4) 33 Weapon gets record points (4) 35 Prosecute a woman (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Shove (5) 5 Garden implement (5) 9 Container (3) 10 Outstrip (5) 11 Extraterrestrial (5) 12 Single (3) 13 Auction item (3) 14 Boy (3) 16 Declare (3) 18 Number (6) 21 Edge (4) 23 Aristocrat (4) 26 Sore (6) 29 Pronoun (3) 31 Zodiac Lion (3) 32 Agent (3) 34 America (1,1,1) 36 Stairs (5) 37 Fool (5) 38 Notice (3) 39 War-horse (5) 40 Located (5)
DOWN
1 Weighing device (6) 2 Saintly glow (4) 3 Merged (6) 4 Anxious (5) 5 Afternoon tea treat (5) 6 Biro (3) 7 Beers (4) 8 Catch sight of (4) 15 Sheep-like (5) 17 Atmosphere (3) 19 Allow (3) 20 Born as (3) 22 Frozen water (3) 24 Take into custody (6) 25 No longer valid (6) 27 Antelope (5) 28 Amounts of medicine (5) 29 Snake’s sound (4) 30 Impolite (4) 33 Fencing sword (4) 35 Take to court (3)