CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
4 Expunge (6) 7 Enough,
sufficient (8) 8 School uniform
item (6) 10 Reserve supply
(5)
13 Principal (4) 14 German man
(4)
15 Solid, stable (4) 16 Toddler (3) 17 Employs (4) 19 Young salmon
(4)
21 Rings, necklaces, etc. (9)
23 Strong wind (4) 24 Consumes (4) 26 Aggressive
youth (3)
27 Pull along (4) 29 Norse god (4) 32 Heavy metal
(4)
33 Trap (5)
34 Open revolt (6) 35 No longer in
use (8) 36 Stretch tight (6)
DOWN
1 Stern, severe
(5)
2 Male voice (5) 3 Baby’s biscuit
(4)
4 Exclude (5) 5 Lacking fat (4) 6 Minor
earthquake (6) 9 Marine
gastropod (6) 11 Golf peg (3) 12 Inhumane (5) 13 Give false
information (7) 15 Charge (3) 16 Rugby score
(3)
18 Country (6)
20 Illegal burning
(5)
21 Short punch (3) 22 Insulate (3) 23 Become
bankrupt (2,4) 25 Tree (3) 28 Synthetic fibre
(5) 30 Unfashionable
(5)
31 At no time (5) 32 Girl’s name (4) 33 Wintry weather
(4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
4 Means trouble, though the damage is slight (6)
7 What no winner
is out for (3,5) 8 Property in eye-opening condition (6) 10 A first attempt at fighting outside the ring (5)
13 Blends from
the East (4) 14 Left a dandy out as a failure (4)
15 One way to get
fifty quid? (4) 16 No working girl, but can make a bed (3) 17 When I get run out, it’s simply the end (4)
19 Eager to help
out Victor (4) 21 Shed no longer
wanted (9) 23 Spy associated with a Toad? (4)
24 Fishy looking
singer (4) 26 Infantile
enthusiast? (3) 27 Pretty thin entertainment? (4)
29 Faithful? Very!
(4)
32 An air of
sympathy? (4) 33 Search around for a favourite place (5) 34 Offence, however slight? (6)
35 A blown up sort
of diagram! (8) 36 Relatively impecunious dealer? (6)
DOWN
1 Polish workers, sturdy and straight! (5)
2 Ran into a bit
of trouble on
the tube (5) 3 Name the chap
to get past (4) 4 To thieve, we hear, is something hard (5)
5 Can they break softly out of traps? (4)
6 Shot up to the top before Ted (6)
9 Dishes a chap
in the SAS (6) 11 In the doldrums, maybe less active (3) 12 When the odd pair went to Leatherhead (5) 13 Figure to get fit
and sound (7) 15 A musical piece is thus written (3) 16 Served up again
(3) 18 Superior fuels can be handy (6)
20 Five star girl?
(5)
21 Assume the party is on the first of November (3) 22 Sacramental
sheep? (3) 23 The air of h aving singular social graces? (6)
25 Organise athletic activity (3)
28 Bury in central
Battersea (5) 30 Emphatically
flushed (5) 31 Piece played in
quietude? (5) 32 Food for the
friar (4) 33 Maintain one’s
grip (4)