CROSSWORD

Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.

EASY CLUES

ACROSS 1 Plant disease

(6) 7 Gigantic (8) 8 Employer (4) 10 Believe (6) 11 Expedition (6) 14 High mountain

(3) 16 Pick-me-up (5) 17 Rhythm (4) 19 Teacher (5) 21 Writing material

(5) 22 Scrap (5) 23 Merriment (4) 26 Bedtime drink

(5) 28 Look at (3) 29 Quantity (6) 30 Kind, merciful,

etc, (6) 31 Among (4) 32 Music writer (8) 33 Goes by car (6) DOWN 1 Lucky charm (6) 2 Scribble idly (6) 3 Direction (4) 4 Originator (7) 5 Islamic book (5) 6 Savoury jelly (5) 8 Ray of light (4) 9 Drink gingerly

(3) 12 In favour of (3) 13 Wash out (5) 15 Excellent (5) 18 Parlance (5) 19 Pitch (3) 20 Man’s name (3) 21 Apparition (7) 22 Former French

coin (3) 23 Star sign (6) 24 Heavy metal (4) 25 Happenings (6) 26 Capture (5) 27 Punctuation

mark (5) 28 Total (3) 30 Difficult (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Sensitive cry of pain in extremes of treachery (6) 7 Where, in Mexico, Paul contrived to enter the electricity company (8) 8 Catherine’s dad had a posh car (4) 10 Lolita lit out with a G-man and thus avoided work (6) 11 A cult object to fish out for a space visitant (6) 14 Go very quietly around Middlesex (3) 16 One girl’s name for a stadium (5) 17 The way an article is used in corporal punishment (4) 19 Edward, in a departed dynasty (5) 21 The apiarist’s

complaint? (5) 22 Aspires to be terribly posh around Mile End (5) 23 Like one end of

a big bath (4) 26 One thinks it’s a bad start when the weather’s wet (5) 28 Part of a schoolboy essay that’s correct (3) 29 Doubly right about an assistant being the attacker (6) 30 Bobby, a well-known conductor (6) 31 Well, fittingly provided with a suit (4) 32 Having been shaken, may get drunk! (8) 33 Would such a squad move as a squadron? (6) DOWN 1 Agriculturist at

the helm? (6) 2 Worried about a bit of strife in an African country (6) 3 Not far, but it is a long way from Scotland! (4) 4 Puts around by means of an advert in the press, perhaps (7) 5 She causes Elsie a change of heart (5) 6 Coffee or port

(5) 8 He’s twice a

father (4) 9 A traveller in obscure places (3) 12 A shot at goal?

(3) 13 Sound asleep!

(5) 15 So loveless and still very young (5) 18 Kind of hat for

singing in? (5) 19 Should be helpful, but it may be just rubbish! (3) 20 His desire lacks

passion! (3) 21 Best policy for decreasing the prison population (7) 22 A letter I had

tucked away (3) 23 Set out, in a general way, to use force (6) 24 Spot a person noted for intelligence (4) 25 Seriously thinking of how to get a grip on (6) 26 One of those awfully good fellows in the building (5) 27 ‘Enry’s dropped

it! (5) 28 A backward boy

(3) 30 Youngster with whom I’m leaving California shortly (4)