CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES ACROSS

4 Detests

vehemently (6) 7 Newspaperman

(8)

8 Exit (6) 10 Cooker (5) 13 Thick paper (4) 14 Food fish (4) 15 Bottom,

foundation (4) 16 Jewel (3) 17 Fibber (4) 19 Slightly open

(4) 21 Diminishes (9) 23 Roster (4) 24 Worry (4) 26 Corpulent (3) 27 Overwhelming

defeat (4) 29 Mexican snack

(4)

32 Twofold (4) 33 Sorts (5)

34 To badger (6) 35 Discourteous

(8)

36 Against (6)

DOWN

1 Have faith in (5) 2 Eating

implement (5) 3 Strong impulse

(4)

4 Regions (5) 5 Difficult (4) 6 Bacon slice (6) 9 Thick oil (6) 11 Container (3) 12 Manservant (5) 13 Cautious (7) 15 Drinks counter

(3)

16 Domestic fuel

(3)

18 He flew too near

the sun (6) 20 Landing pier (5) 21 Speck (3) 22 Skill (3) 23 Plunder (6)

25 Frozen water (3) 28 Fertile spot (5) 30 Greenfly (5) 31 Willow (5) 32 Fingerprints,

informally (4) 33 Horse’s gait (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

4 Hurry out of

Athens! (6) 7 Strengthen at speed, yet slightly damage (8)

8 To shoot up is no mild reprimand! (6) 10 Fish out the tin opener you pinched (5) 13 May need mending, darn it! (4)

14 Every upstart has land abroad (4)

15 Go paddling

with Virginia (4) 16 Girl in a hole?

(3)

17 Yet deserving warm approval? (4)

19 To make much out of nothing is a bad thing to do (4)

21 The taking of steps to court popularity (9) 23 Group’s contribution to a record (4) 24 Points along

the line (4) 26 To strip a Tommy of his medal is not really the thing (3) 27 Cantabrigian

craft? (4) 29 A neat junction at the margin (4) 32 Something to toss, but not throw away (4) 33 Out-of-the-way

ideas? (5) 34 They’re attractive imitations, ducks (6)

35 As a souvenir, retain something Japanese (8) 36 Twenty-four hours, but only half a second in time (6)

DOWN

1 Seize many a

snake! (5) 2 Wandering Croat, this player? (5)

3 At liberty to make no charge (4) 4 As king, he was superior to Rodney (5) 5 Yes, a half-back

unfit to play (4) 6 Viewer allowed a little space! (6)

9 Catty owner of a beautiful coat (6) 11 Notably, it can

be for two (3) 12 Lordly Roman

poet? (5)

13 Did he introduce a lad into evil ways? (7) 15 Eastern vessel going well to the west (3) 16 Shoot into a hole, gamely? (3)

18 No longer at school, dear fellow (3,3) 20 Throws drunken

sots out of the community centre (5) 21 Distance by

road (3) 22 Allen’s is in

Ireland (3) 23 Boor upset about the French piece of Ravel (6) 25 Captain said to be a mere youngster (3) 28 The right line to heaven is by no means certain (5) 30 Confusing this competitor with it, could be trivial (5)

31 Old people like

me, by name (5) 32 Icy mountain pass at the back of beyond (4)

33 Short of current

(4)