CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
4 Canny (6) 7 Next day (8) 8 Very happy (6) 10 Girl’s name (5) 13 Calf meat (4) 14 Small barrels (4) 15 Animals kept at home (4) 16 Large (3) 17 Chimney deposit (4) 19 Music type (4) 21 Bloodthirsty (9) 23 Far down (4) 24 Repose (4) 26 Karate expert (3) 27 Leader (4) 29 Cupid (4) 32 Mend with stitches (4) 33 Student’s mark (5) 34 Japanese garment (6) 35 An explosive (8) 36 Fee (6)
DOWN
1 Cut of beef (5) 2 Amid (5) 3 Elm, for example (4) 4 Sugary (5) 5 Genuine (4) 6 Snout beetle (6) 9 Lariats (6) 11 Born as (3) 12 Edition (5) 13 Old soldier (7) 15 Seedcase (3) 16 Large road vehicle (3) 18 Child without parents (6) 20 External (5) 21 Blokes (3) 22 Colour (3) 23 Of Denmark (6) 25 Carry bricks in this (3) 28 Wear away (5) 30 Wireless (5) 31 Cut off (5) 32 Entrance (4) 33 Snatch (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
4 Struggles to exercise extraordinary gifts, getting out of breath (6) 7 Just the weapon to turn the tables? (8) 8 Country you can possibly sail round at last (6) 10 That elegant grace porpoises have (5) 13 Friend possessing one bucket (4) 14 She isn’t so saintly as Stella (4) 15 She gives a soldier contradictory directions (4) 16 Use leverage to satisfy curiosity? (3) 17 Will he grow up a bigheaded rotter? (4) 19 A noted passion for old Ireland (4) 21 It gets noisier all the time (9) 23 Prosecutes us wrongly for shortage of dues (4) 24 No love of old chateau wine (4) 26 Choose to go to pot? (3) 27 Romeo after a woman at all times (4) 29 “Woe is me”, as a girl said (4) 32 The blow that was Nero’s undoing (4) 33 Possibly glib letter from an old seaman (5) 34 Special delights that drive the taster wild (6) 35 Nobody can look forward to it for long (8) 36 Wild praise for the old country (6)
DOWN
1 Rubbish many can’t stomach (5) 2The use of ale, it could be said (5) 3 Varsity man’s word for murder? (4) 4 Tuck, perhaps (5) 5 A certain bitterness is good for everybody (4) 6 The householder’s occupation (6) 9 Saying nothing about naval service (6) 11 Insolent Scandinavian? (3) 12 Frolicking bears may suggest this dance (5) 13 Projector needed for baseball (7) 15 Talk a lot in seeking asylum? (3) 16 One paid for knotting ropes pointlessly? (3) 18 Dislike being given the same errand twice? (6) 20 The perfect way I had brewed ale (5) 21 Reduce one’s share (3) 22 Heart to heart attention (3) 23 A press release that’s pretty thin? (6) 25 Carthaginian witch? (3) 28 She’s in a grave state (5) 30 Sign of a confused liar clutching a bottle opener (5) 31 Demonstrated how to go between two points (5) 32 Are they rolled into the porridge? (4) 33 Robert gets out for 50 -- or a duck! (4)