Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
Cryptic clues ACROSS
1 Quiet at back of passage (5)
5 Rinse out warning device (5)
9 Bat turned in flap (3)
10 Get used to terrible ruin, to a point (5)
11 Panic that wakes you up (5)
12 Swan enclosure (3)
13 Elizabeth’s wager (3)
14 Juicer contains cold thing (3)
16 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3)
18 Last to finish by the river (6)
21 Pleased with relaxation (4)
23 Trees in the Spanish manuscript (4)
26 Multiply journey by the French (6)
29 Has damaged Rowan (3)
31 Honest about quantity (3)
32 Definitely an article (3)
34 Removal includes eggs (3)
36 Performed like new cadet (5)
37 Dime wasted by Catholic doctor (5)
38 Previously used in poetry (3)
39 Helps beast run off (5)
40 Egret from the Rhone, perhaps (5)
DOWN
1 Sturdy outbuilding (6)
2 Heard cold weather is healthy (4)
3 Sailor breaks seat and calms down (6)
4 Shy and stupid to object to return (5)
5 Great policeman (5)
6 Fired with wrath (3)
7 Hire in Brentwood (4)
8 None used element (4)
15 Copper has time for flavouring (5)
17 I’m a moving target (3)
19 Catch in one trap (3)
20 Swimmer feeling around (3)
22 Animal in glasses (3)
24 Landlady’s character (6)
25 Vegetable new to the country (6)
27 Ways to get mad or sad (5)
28 Cheap sort of fruit (5)
29 Part of Far East (4)
30 Poet loses right to residence (4)
33 The Romans’ idol (4)
35 Beastly doctor? (3)
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Long handle (5)
5 Temptress (5)
9 Cumulative bill (3)
10 Habituate (5)
11 Fright (5)
12 Ballpoint, eg (3)
13 Gamble (3)
14 Frozen water (3)
16 Brown (3)
18 Suffer (6)
21 Simplicity (4)
23 Trees (4)
26 Treble (6)
29 Fire remains (3)
31 Number (3)
32 Common word (3)
34 Egg cells (3)
36 Behaved (5)
37 Doctor (5)
38 Before (3)
39 Aids in crime (5)
40 Wading bird (5)
DOWN
1 Reliable (6)
2 In the pink (4)
3 Subsides (6)
4 Easily scared (5)
5 Wonderful (5)
6 Anger (3)
7 Tear (4)
8 Type of gas (4)
15 Spice (5)
17 Goal (3)
19 Mesh (3)
20 Long fish (3)
22 Donkey (3)
24 Epistle (6)
25 European nation (6)
27 Streets (5)
28 Fruit (5)
29 Region (4)
30 Dwelling place (4)
33 Champion (4)
35 Animal doctor (3)