Two-in-One

No 4,936

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

6 He tries rarebit (7) 7 Couples from Paris (5) 9 Appears to understand handwriting (5) 10 Cuisine cooked inches towards the East (7) 12 News being made? (11) 14 It won’t keep you fully occupied (4-4,3) 18 One needs a couple of rings to get this number (7) 19 Bad organisation (5) 21 Nerve broken? Not at all! (5) 22 His initial confusion was amusing (7)

DOWN

1 An award for tidiness (5) 2 Remain in trouble – these fly (6) 3 A high-pitched cry from somewhere (3) 4 Edible wood? (6) 5 Continue with the ironing (5,2) 8 My niche, possibly a cleft in a cliff (7) 11 Tree yielding a fir cone (7) 13 A tussle for military honours (7) 15 I tried a more orderly arrangement (6) 16 A speaker who is skilled at splitting alternatives (6) 17 Worker who’s under-employed? (5) 20A small point, but appropriate (3)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

6 Anticipate (7) 7 Buffalo (5) 9 Haughty (5) 10 Liberty (7) 12 Penury (11) 14 Ally (11) 18 Droll (7) 19 Lukewarm (5) 21 Beneath (5) 22 Touch (7)

DOWN

1 Truck (5) 2 Deny (6) 3 Plague (3) 4 Straight (6) 5 Wise man (7) 8 Large cavities (7) 11 Scholar (7) 13 Latent (7) 15 Bind (6) 16 Pact (6) 17 Nip (5) 20Glee (3)