CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

1 Guide (5) 6 Pants (5)

9 Of current

affairs (7) 10 Turning tool (5) 11 Steam bath (5) 12 Defeats (5) 13 Chef’s room

(7)

15 So or thus (3) 17 Top cards (4) 18 Ring (6) 19 Pick-me-up (5) 20 National song

(6)

22 Instance (4) 24 Girl’s name (3) 25 Develops into

(7)

26 Indian

instrument (5) 27 The same (5) 28 Senseless (5) 29 Rough sketch

(7)

30 Sheds tears

(5)

31 Without clothes

(5)

DOWN

2 Mournful,

pitiable (6) 3 Moral principles

(6)

4 Fish eggs (3) 5 Female fox

(5)

6 Of the stomach

(7) 7 Unfortunately

(4)

8 Draw with this

(6)

12 Broom of twigs

(5)

13 Canoe-like boat

(5)

14 Touchy (5)

15 Go away hastily

(5)

16 Yields (5)

18 Alcoholic drink

(5) 19 Monotonous

(7) 21 Indigenous

(6)

22 Eye membrane

(6) 23 Spiritualists’

meeting (6) 25 Wails (5) 26 Halt (4) 28 Tavern (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 They’re seen as a striking effect (5) 6 Mammal, maybe a mule at the end of its tether (5) 9 Choose one for mother -- the best! (7) 10 Hotel cabbage?

(5)

11 To see a short distance is not difficult (5) 12 Step taken by one in prison? (5)

13 Part with not a word about what happened (7)

15 Sorry to have to dash back, breathless (3)

17 Walked in for an introduction (4)

18 Dan’s silly to get Eva in a state (6) 19 Blare noisily

at Tony (5) 20 Unreliable half-back in the line (6) 22 Old Bill, showing a cool head on operations (4)

24 An opponent, possibly of note (3)

25 When there’ll be no more need for longing? (7) 26 Maybe it isn’t

bad? (5) 27 Airman’s awfully good fortune (5) 28 Team needing a wing replacement? (5)

29 A terrible

overtaker! (7) 30 Celebrated with a meal around opening time (5)

31 Pond creatures caught in nets out West! (5) DOWN

2 Sort of bullet that might get Carter? (6) 3 Shouted support for that little bounder Ted (6)

4 Agent of intelligence? (3)

5 Only part of a

form? (5) 6 Devilish old cigarette lighter! (7)

7 A little of the

mighty (4) 8 Ready for a

bath? (6) 12 Took lots, perhaps, before finishing crime (5)

13 It’s difficult for a motherless dog! (5)

14 Love to appear in something gripping, say (5) 15 Wooden boats possibly showing signs of wear (5) 16 She is seen in a

natural light (5) 18 A late faller (5) 19 In bed, a lot twisted and swollen (7) 21 Tincture used

in painting (6) 22 Tom’s bit of naval experience (6) 23 The willowy plant contains one (6)

25 Poles always seem unimpressed! (5) 26 Acoustic quality of a wrong note (4) 28 Success in

rowing (3)