CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS 3 Precipitous (5) 8 Wed (5)

10 At no time (5) 11 Stomach (3) 12 Perspire (5) 13 Inhabitant

(7) 15 Conductor’s

stick (5)

18 Be seated (3) 19 Fascination (6) 21 Joy (7)

22 Kiln (4)

23 Peel (4) 24 Cultivate (7) 26 Dealer in cloth

(6)

29 Group (3) 31 Devil (5) 32 Secrecy (7) 34 Ceremonies (5) 35 Baby (3) 36 View (5) 37 Drain (5) 38 Roofing tile (5)

DOWN

1 Bet (5) 2 Craftsman (7) 4 Urban area (4) 5 Empower (6) 6 Flower part (5) 7 Furnishings (5) 9 Sprint (3) 12 Colonist (7) 14 Metal fastener

(3)

16 Flower (5) 17 Poor (5) 19 Apprehends (7) 20 River crossings

(5)

21 Took en exam

again (5) 23 Turned (7) 24 Refusal (6) 25 Shelter (3) 27 Quick (5) 28 Sections (5) 30 Total (5) 32 Chair (4) 33 Inferior (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

3 Mistake in a letter from the old man (5)

8 A weight to carry round with heavy heart (5) 10 Country that has its own paper (5) 11 She’s religiously interested in the annunciation (3)

12 Tease by mentioning a torn letter (5) 13 By such practice, a guy gets the direction right (7)

15 The convenience of little men (5)

18 A bird gives them a bit of fun (3)

19 Being vulgar gets his rag out (6)

21 Team’s potential for many shots (7)

22 Chaps with the right angle on publicity (4) 23 Beaten hollow

(4)

24 See rams rambling with royalty! (7) 26 Slade, the place for porridge? (6) 29 Succeeded in two nights (3)

31 Old Harry took a seat on one (5) 32 Superlatively

simple (7) 34 He has a car, but always takes a horse out (5)

35 Live in the dearest part (3)

36 Stop running a small business (5) 37 Superman’s name for many a bird (5) 38 Order of St.

Benedict (5)

DOWN

1 Yes, before sunrise, he can look both ways at once (5)

2 Ways in which the wife can conceal a queen (7)

4 A distance from

home (4) 5 Cave man of the

Hebrides (6) 6 Go into forbidden territory (5) 7 Suggests this may be around mid-morning (5)

9 Just one extra, perhaps (3)

12 Freddy, a right

guy (7)

14 River possibly confused with part of the Thames (3)

16 Dressed up

figures? (5) 17 Tries to get heated in a vessel (5) 19 Getaway exit,

perhaps? (7) 20 Fielding errors?

(5) 21 Confess being glad to finish, time nearly up (5) 23 Disavowals of being shifty in deals (7) 24 Arnold could confuse him with Roland (6)

25 A message mostly hissed? (3)

27 Where the Rovers got badly hit by artillery (5) 28 Fur done up

in bales (5) 30 Wearers of baggy trousers (5)

32 Rice upsets

him (4)

33 Age of a noted regiment (3)