CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

1 Traitor (5) 6 Make amends

(5)

9 Duke’s wife (7) 10 Sudden fright

(5)

11 Trust (5) 12 Aircraft detection system (5) 13 Flatfish (7)

15 In favour of (3) 17 Revise (4) 18 Move swiftly

along (6) 19 Vends (5) 20 Swallows liquid

(6)

22 Nagging pain (4) 24 Chronic

drunkard (3) 25 Nonmetallic

element (7) 26 Rapidity (5) 27 Bend forwards

(5)

28 Game between

local teams (5) 29 Finery (7)

30 One who

perseveres (5) 31 Search into

closely (5)

DOWN

2 Remove cargo

from (6) 3 Skilful,

dexterous (6) 4 Total (3)

5 Play dishonestly

(5)

6 Up to (2,3,2) 7 Former Russian

emperor (4) 8 Temperament

(6)

12 Governs (5) 13 Takes notice

of (5)

14 Restrict (5) 15 Fruit (5)

16 Command (5) 18 Nimbus, for

example (5) 19 Sea captain (7) 21 Rota (6) 22 Seem, look (6) 23 Uproar (6) 25 Chair on poles

(5)

26 Painful (4) 28 Slope

downwards (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Forehead with

new tan (5)

6 Is there cause to sprinkle it? (5)

9 Criticise as dilapidated (3,4)

10 Material with some lasting possibility (5) 11 Nail bent at a right angle, comprehensively (2,3) 12 It’s instrumental in Mozartian magic (5)

13 It’s a disappointment when the colours aren’t fast (7) 15 In college, little girl, there’s more than one (3)

17 Neat sort of

room? (4) 18 Guess how

many! (6)

19 I repeat, it’s

a win (5) 20 Grow abundant in parts of the Thames river (6)

22 She did nothing but found Carthage and partner Aeneas (4) 24 She shows zeal with no boy yet with love in her heart (3) 25 Inspirited to get ahead when attacked (5,2) 26 Turf out! (5) 27 Dashing young man’s sort of bank? (5)

28 It’s played

quietly (5) 29 Denied the need to hold a gun (7) 30 Admitted having been bought, perhaps (5) 31 East Ender seen to crack under strain (5)

DOWN

2 Formerly acting president (6) 3 Wither

contortedly! (6) 4 Nobody’s said to double for her (3) 5 Nowadays a superior officer is mature (5) 6 So loveless at heart, he was a saint! (7)

7 She has a way

with her (4) 8 One dropping in to see your hand? (6) 12 Make a mess of something sweet (5) 13 Musical letter

to Disney (5) 14 Keep going southeast round the hill (5) 15 With a bit of luck, free from being sensational? (5) 16 Make progress at a noted college (3,2) 18 Mend (or immobilise?) the thing (3,2) 19 Steered clear of a useless fellow (7) 21 How resoundingly one can beat the opposition (6) 22 Scorn letters with a repetitiveness about them (6) 23 Carrying out small deeds (6)

25 Venture for half

days (5) 26 Finished being

conned (4) 28 Even a little hope, traditionally, can be dear (3)