CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
4 Fondle (6) 7 Linoleum (8) 8 Counting device
(6)
10 Long difficult
journeys (5) 13 Standard (4) 14 Brave man (4) 15 Sit for an artist
(4) 16 Lemonade, say
(3) 17 Precipitation (4) 19 Former Russian
emperor (4) 21 Sugar pea (9) 23 Stopper (4) 24 Shade, tint (4) 26 Opposite of new
(3)
27 Musical
instrument (4) 29 A raffle or
lottery (4) 32 Group of three
(4)
33 Party, slang (5) 34 For example
(4,2)
35 Hurdle (8) 36 Motive (6)
DOWN
1 July, say (5) 2 Change (5)
3 In addition (4) 4 Utter confusion
(5)
5 Wander (4) 6 Dazed state (6) 9 Native of
Brittany (6) 11 Colour (3) 12 Book of Islam (5) 13 Not very (4,3) 15 Farm animal (3) 16 Light stroke or
tap (3)
18 Mohair (6) 20 Soft leather (5) 21 Wet soft earthy
matter (3)
22 Foot part (3) 23 Female garment
(6)
25 Football
supporter (3) 28 Buffalo (5) 30 American cattle
farm (5)
31 Adult females
(5)
32 Therefore (4) 33 2nd Greek letter
(4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
4 They may well be
only human (6) 7 A drink for the inexperienced? (5,3)
8 Utterly audible!
(6)
10 Let money relieve matters (5)
13 Feeble fellow always falling down? (4)
14 It’s right on the
map (4)
15 The Green
twins? (4)
16 A number possibly looking cross (3) 17 Being stony is nothing, mate (4)
19 Stepped on a split-ended stick (4)
21 Sort of government partly of concern to pit workers? (9) 23 Pretty girl, maybe a bit squawky (4) 24 Turn left at Land’s End, and there’s a sort of mine (4) 26 Old-fashioned
youth centre (3) 27 Pale due to having a fling? (4)
29 The ages of noted artists? (4)
32 He resembles Sir Walter no end! (4) 33 Disreputable place for a smoke? (5) 34 Frenchified
setting? (6) 35 Count art, if unconventional, as renegade! (8) 36 Possibly show round the house, not in silence (6)
DOWN
1 An American, to the French, is athletic (5) 2 Artist, to some degree Anglo Saxon (5) 3 Formerly in
concealment (4) 4 One place where bachelors can join the artillery (5) 5 Support for the small business owner (4)
6 Out East, the couple watched what they ate (6) 9 A bit of a
bloomer (6) 11 A listener to something corny? (3) 12 Without love, this supporter may be lost (5) 13 Being Turkish,
is sweet (7) 15 Amiable choral piece -- on the piano! (3)
16 Too fast for the road junction ahead (3)
18 A fine place for
dad to do up his shoes! (6) 20 Where the cowboy couldn’t stay on a horse? (5)
21 I don’t remember getting much sleep in it (3) 22 For which Topsy would have given both pence and shillings? (3) 23 Unship in a way
to cause hurt (6) 25 Chap with a masterly way? (3)
28 Sunny side
down? (5)
30 City with quiet centre amid iron production (5) 31 Declare in
doubtful taste (5) 32 Form of soil from which to get fodder? (4) 33 Useless vessel?
(4)