CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

1 Regal (5) 6 Speak loudly (5) 9 White ant (7) 10 Forbidden (5) 11 Star sign (5) 12 Celebration, party (5) 13 Without end (7) 15 Information (3) 17 Cupid (4) 18 Kind, sympathetic (6) 19 Band (5) 20 Protect, guard (6) 22 Give out cards (4) 24 Shade of brown (3) 25 Lastly (7) 26 Sedate, sober (5) 27 Whole range (5) 28 Hut (5) 29 Selfish driver (4,3) 30 Girl’s name (5) 31 Belief (5)

DOWN

2 Public speaker (6) 3 Makes amends (6) 4 Boy’s name (3) 5 Cinder (5) 6 Rise to one’s feet (5,2) 7 Brave man (4) 8 Irregular (6) 12 Facial hair (5) 13 Banquet (5) 14 Songbird (5) 15 Auctioneer’s hammer (5) 16 Recently (5) 18 Hot and sticky (5) 19 Greedy guts (7) 21 Zimbabwean capital (6) 22 Harm (6) 23 Of high mountains (6) 25 Locates (5) 26 Certain (4) 28 Crib (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Maybe carps a bit (5) 6 Think what you like (5) 9 Do such spectacles make you look again? (7) 10 As committed by a hard-hearted youngster? (5) 11 Transport by car and railway (5) 12 Just a small part of England (5) 13 Dog entering a German city with hesitation? (7) 15 Old Bill, a bit of a sycophant? (3) 17 Deeply impressed by one getting married (4) 18 Murphy, maybe blighted (6) 19 Mark possibly showing it’s cool to the north (5) 20 Sweet making a nut go crazy! (6) 22 Possibly fits into a glove? (4) 24 Regretful utterance from a tutor (3) 25 Trying sessions (7) 26 Long-time best-seller (5) 27 Music of the month, a trumpet piece (5) 28 In the CID, some notes are quoted (5) 29 Remove, perhaps patently or licentiously? (4,3) 30 It’s normal for us to be on the casual side (5) 31 He’ll take a look around the West End (5)

DOWN

2 Dog name for a bird (6) 3 A directorial group all at sea? (6) 4 It’ll point to a spot (3) 5 A tug near London Bridge? (5) 6 Group lacking full satisfaction? (7) 7 It’s just like a girl, unfortunately (4) 8 Persuasively, it’s nicer than the stick (6) 12 Though humble, had he a fortune? (5) 13 Maybe ’tisn’t a defect? (5) 14 Possibly be in a rut and deny it (5) 15 Where a rogue is, as one might say (5) 16 Writers cornered at Westminster? (5) 18 Western band striking poses? (5) 19 What it is to have plenty of money (7) 21 But enough weight to trouble us once? (6) 22 Very good about it coming to an end (6) 23 Though calm, hiss at Renee, perhaps (6) 25 Tree with men behind it, maybe (5) 26 You can bank on “alpha” being Greek (4) 28 Can you win one if you see better? (3)