Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Church has a book to
sing (5)
5 Bores about not
being drunk (5)
9 Bragged about
scrap (3)
10 Get used to terrible
ruin, to a point (5)
11 Panic that wakes you
up (5)
12 Favourite dog,
say (3)
13 Catch in one trap (3)
14 Juicer contains
something cold (3)
16 His agreement about
to wilt (3)
18 Last to finish by
river (6)
21 Thus repeatedly
mediocre (2-2)
23 Threaten conflict to
the north (4)
26 Composer sounds
more correct (6)
29 Talk of argon, say (3)
31 Honest about
quantity (3)
32 Large amount of
stone (3)
34 Arrest new sailor (3)
36 Main sort of
number (5)
37 A party has one
excuse (5)
38 It’s a different way to
relax (3)
39 Scripture lessons get
writer mature (5)
40 Infatuated with
spots (5)
DOWN
1 Lifting machines for birds (6)
2 Healthy weather, we hear (4)
3 A portal’s made of stones (6)
4 Shy and stupid to object to return (5)
5 Great purse design (5)
6 Bored with raw material (3)
7 Wagers are best lost (4)
8 Called for step (4)
15 Copper has time for flavouring (5)
17 Fairy’s tune (3)
19 Won over for the present (3) 20 22 24 Creature west Removal eggs Traits performer (3) (3) displayed includes from (6) the by 25 Move ten in unknown 27 28 number Batman’s Indifferent (6) bird? (5) to pressure in new diet (5) 29 Rage about
equipment (4) 30 Crack game (4) 33 Leave itself (4) out of room 35 Talented with drink (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS
10 11 5 9 1 Intone Rational Duster Habituate Terror (5) (5) (3) (5) (5) 12 Domestic animal (3) 14 13 Mesh Frozen (3) water (3) 16 Droop (3) 18 Survive (6) 21 Average (2-2) 23 Admonish (4) 26 Author (6) 29 Type of element (3) 31 Just a single (3)
32 Weight (3)
34 Seize (3)
36 Fundamental (5)
37 Legal excuse (5)
38 Be seated (3)
39 Mature (5)
40 Eccentric (5)
DoWN
1 Peers awkwardly (6)
2 In the pink (4)
3 Gemstones (6)
4 Faint-hearted (5)
5 Wonderful (5)
6 Mineral (3)
7 Gambles (4)
8 Ladder part (4)
15 Spice (5)
17 Manner (3)
19 Immediately (3)
20 Female sheep (3)
22 Egg cells (3)
24 Painter (6)
25 Number (6)
27 Redbreast (5)
28 Lukewarm (5)
29 Cog (4)
30 Break sharply (4)
33 Neglect (4)
35 Beer (3)