CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

3 Latin American

dance (5) 8 Competitor (5) 10 Escort (5) 11 Intention (3) 12 Accountancy

term (5) 13 Empowers (7) 15 Female relative

(5)

18 Circuit (3) 19 Domesticated

polecat (6) 21 Plant type (7) 22 Perceive sound

(4)

23 Potato (4) 24 Not having (7) 26 Road (6) 29 Small flap of

material (3) 31 Marsupial (5) 32 Persevere (7) 34 Senior (5) 35 A type (3) 36 Decree (5) 37 Loafer (5) 38 Topic (5)

DOWN

1 Very tall person

(5)

2 Gamester (7) 4 Is indebted to

(4)

5 Old coin (6)

6 In motion (5) 7 Therefore (5) 9 By way of (3) 12 Down payment

(7)

14 Insulate (3) 16 Burst out (5) 17 Short musical

composition (5) 19 Boxer (7) 20 Kitchen utensil

(5)

21 Iraqi port (5) 23 Abate (7) 24 Riches (6) 25 Rowing blade (3)

27 Amphibians (5) 28 Vote in (5) 30 Awry (5) 32 Hairstyle (4) 33 Unwell (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

3 Brother of one of the Seven Sisters? (5) 8 The lorry I had was not articulated! (5) 10 Bit of a blighter, but no ‘heavy’ (5)

11 Not old enough for a state nurse (3) 12 Such a tree no

elm could be (5) 13 American gentleman in Cheshire? (7) 15 Darling invention of J.M. Barrie (5) 18 In horticultural hands it has a disturbing effect (3) 19 Price rise, possible rip-off, for French fruit (6)

21 Holding water, it can make you rich, pet (7) 22 Rude thing to call many a reprobate (4) 23 Wherein to browse to quiet music? (4) 24 Where Americans pay bills around mid-May (7) 26 Structures providing poor shelter? (6) 29 A form of fish

food (3) 31 Cut off during rehearsal maybe? (5) 32 Taking the trouble to be thrifty (7)

34 New bill about ultimate justice, a legal consideration (5)

35 Write a pointed

article (3) 36 Diminutive underground guard (5) 37 Years building an out-of-the way nest (5) 38 In place of an enclosure, a tree (5)

DOWN

1 In a few words, it’s a shame being out of breath (5)

2 It’s shared among the family (7) 4 Look to make a new hat out of leather (4) 5 Even the best can start falling down (6)

6 The thinner the

better (5)

7 Are they built with axes, possibly? (5)

9 A letter, it’s said, a horse may understand (3)

12 Before modern medicine, they bled (7)

14 Drink with a teetotaller out of love (3) 16 One’s own little place, possibly in part of Chelsea (5) 17 Cries out for the old-fashioned vinyl records (5) 19 At heart, most

important (7) 20 What Sadie could give a chap? (5) 21 Part taken on

board? (5) 23 One unconscious of crossing the railroad track? (7) 24 Course of a ship touring a great lake (6) 25 It’s highly exposed during a storm (3) 27 One with a broken horn? (5)

28 Game for Henry

to master (5) 30 Amusing? How

odd! (5) 32 Helps to make the price dear, you’ll agree (4)

33 A charge that makes you feel robbed of pounds (3)