CROSSWORD

Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

3 Sedate (5) 8 Yields (5) 10 Umbilicus (5) 11 Tup (3)

12 Arm joint (5) 13 Wool fat (7) 15 Flower (5) 18 Pinch (3) 19 Japanese

garment (6) 21 Exact (7)

22 Of the ear (4) 23 Cedar (4) 24 Save (3,4) 26 Evoke (6) 29 Sphere (3) 31 Helicopter blade

(5)

32 Horizon (7) 34 U.S, state (5) 35 Number (3) 36 Calm (5) 37 Collier (5) 38 Oozes (5)

DOWN

1 Wild (5) 2 Fiendish (7) 4 Aquatic bird (4) 5 Implant (6) 6 Fact (5)

7 Start (5) 9 Karate expert

(3)

12 Demolish (4,3) 14 Illuminated (3) 16 Truck (5) 17 Card game (5) 19 Japanese entertainment (7)

20 Anteroom (5) 21 Boundary (5) 23 Newspaper (7) 24 Corsair (6) 25 Drily humorous

(3)

27 Stand-in doctor

(5)

28 Arrives (5) 30 Prepare to pray

(5) 32 Break (4) 33 Tavern (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 In time, is famed for freshness! (5) 8 Stories of a bit of gallantry in the SAS (5) 10 Such temperatures are cold to bear (5)

11 Talk, gasping

noiselessly! (3) 12 A catastrophe

of old (5) 13 Regularly said to be chivalrous? (7) 15 Headgear with a twisted spike (5)

18 Could this six-footer be an egghead? (3) 19 Where little Lizzie was taken in by “18 Across” (6) 21 A business

worry (7) 22 Classic hero of Dutch soccer? (4)

23 Learn to cut

bread (4)

24 A piece of flying equipment, naturally (7) 26 Poles were in debt due to what the weather did (6) 29 A leading

spinner (3) 31 At the piano, he may sound a bit monotonous (5) 32 Where the air is disturbed by a wild gale (7) 34 A rambler came

up (5)

35 Head that may

be turned (3) 36 Length of a lime

tree! (5)

37 It’s hard to be both a saint and a slippery customer (5) 38 Remove a

narrow piece (5)

DOWN

1 Mac gives Joe a hiding and that’s charming! (5)

2 It’s for minor financial holdings (4,3) 4 Collaborator with McCoist? (4)

5 Said to push in opposite directions (6) 6 Sing in ye old

style? (5) 7 Spain’s historic beard singeing centre (5) 9 Silencer (3) 12 Spotted a naughty elf coming to a wicked end (7) 14 A Roman cross?

(3)

16 As a musician, is he a good cake decorator? (5)

17 Tennis stars involved in broadcasting (5) 19 Like glass, perhaps, but you can eat it (7)

20 In parts of Australia, a legendary character (5) 21 Churchman’s

official list (5) 23 Is sorry to be confined in the reserves (7) 24 Animal giving a growl during certain measures (6) 25 Greedy fellow’s house at Gateshead (3) 27 Figures depicted artfully cavorting in the dunes? (5) 28 Gets worn out distributing wares (5) 30 Anglers welcome them, but not from insects (5) 32 Wine tasting

feature (4) 33 The way on from

Rouen (3)