CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
4 Neckwear item (6) 7 Surprise greatly (8)
8 Onto land from
water (6) 10 Injures with a
knife (5) 13 Flying toy (4) 14 Hawaiian dance
(4)
15 Be concerned (4) 16 Congeal (3) 17 Coagulate (4) 19 Poke (4) 21 Indian film
industry (9) 23 Fish (4)
24 Puts on (4) 26 Large (3) 27 Principal (4) 29 Paradise (4) 32 Female servant
(4)
33 Stage whisper
(5)
34 To badger (6) 35 Energetic
person (4,4) 36 Mild (6)
DOWN
1 Draconian (5) 2 Take illegally (5) 3 Burden (4)
4 Sit on this (5) 5 Nagging pain (4) 6 Inflatable
mattress (3,3) 9 Behave harshly
towards (4,2) 11 Container (3) 12 Meat from a
pig (5) 13 Grasshopper (7) 15 Mountain pass
(3)
16 Deity (3) 18 South American
mammals (6) 20 Romantic
flowers (5)
21 Insect (3) 22 Was victorious
(3) 23 Declamation (6) 25 Marry (3) 28 Gangway (5) 30 Any figure 1
to 9 (5)
31 At no time (5) 32 Boy’s name (4) 33 Yes votes (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
4 Being so wet is in various ways odd (6) 7Make an extensive move to get in touch (5,3)
8 Irrational fears about trouble starting, come later (6)
10 She has £50
to pay out (5) 13 Where a wooden horse shot out of the ring? (4) 14 Fairy-like period
piece (4) 15 Exist as a royal
beverage (4) 16 Last of the golden days (3)
17 Benjamin holds
the right gun (4) 19 Not bad figures
(4)
21 London’s place for putting a standard on the weekend? (5,4)
23 Blends from the
Orient (4)
24 Ten volunteers mean very little! (4)
26 Write back to
Juliet (3) 27 Those in that film about ants? (4)
29 Cricketers’ place for rabbits (4)
32 Be aware of the charge for a beginner (4) 33 A piece of cake
at the club? (5) 34 Figures a girl to be a noisy little thing! (6) 35 Railway station associable with Brooklyn (8) 36 At some stage, a fancy piece in the office (6)
DOWN
1 A hold that makes you gasp outright! (5)
2 I leave the waiter something for a drink (5) 3 Lover boy? (4) 4 A brilliant performer’s noted, so you look (5)
5 Paid work?
(4)
6 A fool’s one is
fruitless (6) 9 Layout possibly of a new mart? (6)
11 Border of the Mediterranean (3)
12 The sign of a
liberal artist (5) 13 He artfully gave Alice a headband (7) 15 Beside all but Sid, a six-footer (3) 16 Quadruped of a
novel kind (3) 18 How a saint reposed amid wild deer (6) 20 I scold when
angry (5)
21 Be served a portion of vegetables (3) 22 Sort of dog the Aussies could call me (3) 23 Drawing to one
side (6)
25 Small illustration of something tasty (3)
28 Style of role calling for strong support (5)
30 Very much like the sound a door makes (5) 31 To employ a leg man is within the rules (5) 32 Pour flattery upon an attractive beast (4) 33 Comedians whose end is pretty desperate? (4)