CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES ACROSS
1 Light wood (5) 6 Fragment (5) 9 Tableland (7) 10 Folklore creature (5) 11 Horizontal (5) 12 Sham (5) 13 Common (7) 15 A salary or wage (3) 17 Paradise (4) 18 Study (6) 19 Conceals (5) 20 Picturesque (6) 22 Locate (4) 24 Hearing organ (3) 25 Wool fat (7) 26 Iron alloy (5) 27 Cowboy show (5) 28 Synagogue minister (5) 29 Irregular (7) 30 Scrutinise (5) 31 French underground (5)
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2 Inflatable mattress (3,3) 3 Abdominal organ (6) 4 Everything (3) 5 Backless seat (5) 6 Acknowledges with praise (7) 7 Snooker rods (4) 8 Stadia (6) 12 Fundamental (5) 13 Aquatic birds (5) 14 Not ever (5) 15 Student (5) 16 Republic in SW Arabia (5) 18 Of the foot (5) 19 Past events (7)
21 Prance (6) 22 Comfort in distress (6) 23 Wood (6) 25 Permitted by law (5) 26 Plant ovule (4) 28 Raised edge (3)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 One hastens with it (5) 6 Where there’s some stress at certain points (5) 9 He has little money for French wine (7) 10 To summarise, a military policeman’s no dunderhead! (5) 11 Flashy guy suffering key interruptions (5) 12 Not obviously silly, perhaps (5) 13 He’s free with his political views (7) 15 He’s a bit of a blade (3) 17 Dismissed by a cross editor (4) 18 Hope Paris may be on the end of the line (6) 19 Money to move around as you get rich (5) 20 In Chile, we hear, it’s cold (6) 22 Pastoral section of the Handel Largo (4) 24 Athenian female? (3) 25 Where Arthur arrived frequently? (7) 26 Old engine driver (5) 27 In broadcasting, Dora may be out of line (5) 28 The cost of a great ball? (5) 29 A beastly study? (7) 30 Are they said to sum up the possibilities of publicity? (5) 31 Growing reason why I’m in sore distress (5)
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2 It always comes first (6) 3 Avoided showing a noted figure to be dead wrong (6) 4 That lucky pickpocket? (3) 5 It’s involved in rowing with a bonehead, we hear (5) 6 We understand it to be communicative (7) 7 Keep going to the Nag’s Head and turning nasty (4) 8 Captivate the last listener (6) 12 The targeted aunt (5) 13 The tree of popular choice (5) 14 Start being clever (5) 15 To be ill can be against the law (5) 16 Traded blows? (5) 18 Like Uncle, in a state (5) 19 Soldiers are also in the scheme (7) 21 Her lad became a messenger (6) 22 Holds up for days, outwardly (6) 23 She puts her fortune on one match (6) 25 See fit to communicate (5) 26 Sighs audibly at the sheer magnitude (4) 28 I, for instance, have nothing (3)