CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
9 Decoration (9)
10 Iota (9)
12 Gemstone (4) 13 Movie theatre (6) 14 Went in (7) 15 Treasured (9) 17 Relate (9)
18 Solvent (7) 19 Intelligent (6) 20 Woodwind instrument
(4)
23 Flowers (9)
25 Daring (9)
26 Melody (4)
27 Tyrant (6)
29 Sport (7)
32 Central Criminal Court
(3,6)
34 Office-holder (9) 35 Prime minister (7) 36 Crowd together (6) 37 Eyelid inflammation
(4)
38 Intermediary (9) 39 Hotel employee (9)
DOWN
1 Portable baby’s bed
(8)
2 Diplopia (6,6)
3 Decode (8)
4 Be present at (6) 5 Adventure (8) 6 Prevalent (10)
7 Height (7)
8 Vegetables (6,4) 11 Grub (5)
16 Disregard (6) 19 Lettuce (3)
21 Capitals (5,7) 22 Division (6)
23 Car fuel dispenser
(6,4)
24 Caribbean instruments
(5,5)
25 Appropriate (3) 28 Public telephone
(8)
29 Hen-like laughter (8) 30 Ragged (8)
31 Ice cream flavour
(7)
33 Fear (5) 34 Bring on (6)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
9 Now and subsequently - or in future (9)
10 The hors d’oeuvre produced praise all round, dear (9) 12 Prepare the way by giving a muted welcome to (4)
13 So long getting two
runs (3-3)
14 More than manage to make ends meet, but drink too much
(7)
15 With a flushed face, no doubt, and a rash (3-6)
17 Really bad actors
(4-5)
18 Something to eat before
the family quiz (7) 19 Cold and exhausted,
go to see (4,2)
20 We peek inside to see
the weapon (4) 23 Without little trinkets dangling from it, is unattractive (9)
25 Not yet out on the table?
(9)
26 Time to enquire about
a job (4)
27 Fast food being
unavailable (6)
29 Wink - of sleep!
(4-3)
32 Given promotion, besides, by the editor (9)
34 Thinks it’s badly timed:
a setback (9)
35 Fold and fit into the
lower part (2,5) 36 Exposing one’s secret on the excursion (6)
37 She won’t leave us in
the dark (4) 38 Turned out again to have made amends (9)
39 Concerning the origins
of the money (9)
DOWN
1 Quickly wield the axe
twice (4-4)
2 To a soldier, denotes money of one’s own (7,5)
3 Didn’t leave as yet, prepared to assume (6,2)
4 Felt like a doctor
(6)
5 Meet with success
in the vale (8) 6 Resistance in the
work-place (10) 7 Goes to mend the tent, in a sad state of disrepair (7)
8 As before, have to
charm (10)
11 A large bar sent round
to appease (5)
16 I have the odd smoke outside with the foreigner (6)
19 Firms the leaves that wilt when no longer fresh (3)
21 Steps taken to show disapproval (7,5)
22 A number will resign;
that’s clear (6) 23 Sculpt a statue, to create an impression (3,1,6) 24 To gain access, use a jemmy, showing boldness (10)
25 People waiting, we’re told, for a signal (3)
28 The word does conjure
up trees (8)
29 Make us retreat and see off the foreigner (8)
30 Achieving fluency is
simplicity itself (8) 31 Many rushed, panicking, around in the quake (7)
33 Plump for a sandwich
(5)
34 Grown-up and dull, rue the transformation (6)