CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS 4 Longshoreman
(6)
7 Cosmos, world
(8)
8 Spanish dance
(6)
10 Equine mammal
(5)
13 Datum (4) 14 Country (4) 15 Kind (4)
16 That woman (3) 17 Operator (4) 19 Very keen (4) 21 Cause trouble
(4,5) 23 Mechanical
routine (4) 24 Man’s name (4) 26 Drinking vessel
(3)
27 Twist out of
shape (4) 29 Paradise (4) 32 Group of cattle
(4)
33 Proverb (5) 34 Pugilists (6) 35 No longer in
use (8)
36 Jail (6)
DOWN
1 Japanese dish
(5)
2 Jewelled
headdress (5) 3 This place (4) 4 Exclude (5) 5 Young male
horse (4) 6 Deserved (6) 9 Note group (6) 11 Mineral (3) 12 Short and broad
(5)
13 Attacking
footballer (7) 15 Observe (3) 16 Belonging to
him (3)
18 Kebab spike (6)
20 Annoyed,
confused (5) 21 Cleaning item (3) 22 High mountain
(3)
23 Gossip, hearsay
(6)
25 Beseech (3) 28 Illegal burning
(5)
30 Stuns (5)
31 At no time (5) 32 Farmyard birds
(4)
33 Particle of
matter (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
4 Pay for the loud music Dora’s upset about (6) 7 A machine on hire, perhaps, or inherited (8) 8 Garments for professional people? (6) 10 In one short month, we do a clean job (5) 13 Might it taste better in the absence of a teetotaller? (4) 14 Sort of cat a chap gets cross with? (4) 15 There’s little point in removing it from rabbit stew (4) 16 It’s a very good
seat (3)
17 Make an issue of something (4)
19 Is this river in some way mountainous? (4) 21 Shocking, though seemingly quite proper to a fathead (9) 23 Pilots have
plenty (4) 24 Connoisseur of
colour? (4) 26 She joins me at
golf (3) 27 Remnant of
brass tubing (4) 29 Harsh criticism dangerous to airmen (4) 32 Has he a chapter to himself? (4) 33 Eleven on the
shelf? (5)
34 A gentle kiss from Mercedes? (6)
35 One not easy to knock the stuffing out of (5,3)
36 Foolish mixture
to wear? (6)
DOWN
1 At Minehead, Charles is in a terrible hole (5) 2 She figures ways
to be foxy (5) 3 When there’s a panic, Alf turns quiet (4)
4 Bream colour?
(5)
5 A noisy tune is
reasonable (4) 6 Stagger round for a bit of fun and get some more juice (6) 9 About to polish one’s rude answer (6) 11 Soft, but it will
get stronger (3) 12 Put forth effort and figure to get up in a tree (5) 13 Something to eat after a clean-up? (4,3) 15 It’s great to be back from Gibraltar! (3) 16 Wash up, mate
(3)
18 Girls one notices being absent (6)
20 As once worn by roughs, we hear? (5)
21 It doesn’t make for good viewing (3)
22 Vessel returning with some halibut (3) 23 Played smoothly to leg out of the middle of the bat (6) 25 Caught in a
shady deal (3) 28 Thanks for the pen, it’s very nice (5) 30 Language I long
to learn? (5) 31 In Africa, get to know some Yanks (5)
32 A handy transaction (4) 33 Ship with only half a yard to move? (4)