Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Swings pebbles (5) 5 TV detective’s
cipher (5) 9 Level with first
woman (3) 10 Grind down queen
with poem (5) 11 Animal to rule out
getting married (5) 12 Study of
cadences (3) 13 Fireman’s wrath (3) 14 Contend with
luvvies (3) 16 Healthy colour in
Istanbul (3) 18 Irritate with a
hypodermic (6) 21 Loathe terrible
heat (4) 23 Copies of
tapestries (4) 26 Shed moved to
lane (4-2) 29 Feathery
serpent? (3) 31 Article the French
drink (3) 32 Started with
sailor (3) 34 Member of whole
group (3) 36 Conscious of a
funeral (5) 37 Slander mares
terribly (5) 38 Hitting with can (3) 39 Search for polish (5) 40 Small ice cream or
cake (5)
DOWN
1 Like chutney (6) 2 Finished six deliveries (4) 3 Fix gets me in the money (6) 4 Wait to play first shot (5) 5 Standard sitter (5) 6 Some poetry from Roderick (3) 7 Hire in Brentwood (4) 8 Need to transform garden (4) 15 One transaction is most suitable (5) 17 Faced with expert (3) 19 Point to the Spanish swimmer (3) 20 Consume in one
attempt (3) 22 A turn previously (3) 24 Kitty takes to a new
form of starch (6) 25 Lesser enemies get
peaceful (6) 27 Keen to agree to
change (5) 28 Gets closer from one
arsenal (5) 29 Chief sobs wildly (4) 30 In total sobriety as
well (4) 33 Like a family (4) 35 Bemused with
creature (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Stones (5) 5 Type of code (5) 9 Previous day (3) 10 Wear away (5) 11 Madagascan primate (5) 12 Lair (3) 13 Anger (3) 14 Compete (3) 16 Brown (3) 18 Sewing implement (6) 21 Detest (4) 23 Primates (4) 26 Annexe (4-2) 29 Type of snake (3) 31 Beer (3) 32 Pitch (3) 34 Limb (3) 36 Not asleep (5) 37 Smudge (5) 38 Metal (3) 39 Clean (5) 40
High tea treat (5)
DOWN
1 Enjoy (6) 2 Above (4) 3 Building material (6) 4 Attend (5) 5 Pattern (5) 6 Poem (3) 7 Tear (4) 8 Paradise (4) 15 Perfect (5) 17 Playing card (3) 19 Slippery fish (3) 20 Devour (3) 22 In the past (3) 24 Vegetable (6) 25 Calm (6) 27 Avid (5) 28 Approaches (5) 29 Head (4) 30 Too (4) 33 Similar (4) 35 Flightless bird (3)
CHECK THE SOLUTIONS NOW!
TWO-SPEED COFFEEBREAK 0903 659 6060 (80p/min) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record