Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Jail (6) 7 Wild adventure (8) 8 Region (4) 10 Male goose (6) 11 Soak up (6) 14 Nothing (3) 16 Narrow passage (5) 17 Amphibian (4) 19 Friendship (5) 21 Era (5) 22 Play division (5) 23 Stalk (4) 26 Chair (5) 28 Observe (3) 29 Racket- game (6) 30 Remember (60 31 Minute particle (4) 32 Intersecti­on (8) 33 Cause to beloved (6) DOWN 1 Perilous condition (60 2 Squalid (6) 3 Close (4) 4 Holy day (7) 5 Christmas song (5) 6 Horse race (5) 8 “-Karenina”, Tolstoy

novel (4) 9 Fish (3) 12 Crafty (3) 13 Comedy show (5) 15 In the midst of (5) 18 Speak (5) 19 Imitate (3) 20 Frozen water (3) 21 Obscuring of the sun

(7) 22 Male offspring (3) 23 Short period of time (6) 24 Side (4) 25 Glenn American

bandleader (6) 26 Cane (5) 27 Edible bulb (5) 28 Group (3) 30 Fury (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Something overhead or right behind (6) 7 In it ,fine arrangemen­t offers endless possibilit­y (8) 8 A lid broken when put down (4) 10 Look behind the wicket? (6) 11 One devoted to some dead dictator? (6) 14 Crikey ,a dogs tail! (3) 16 Miles of trees? (5) 17 Home is where the eggs are (4) 19 She trims the length (5) 21 Helped Dai to change a name (5) 22 Appeals as a piano that may-be for sale (5) 23 Grand little fellow? (4) 26 Peg-legged supporter of an artist’s views (5) 28 Start looking superior as a person (3) 29 Welsh guardian? (6) 30 Wild ramble doing a lot of swimming (6) 31 Current ingredient of red dye (4) 32 Shut away with an uncommunic­ative fellow (8) 33 Red light at last? (6) DOWN 1 No longer acting president (6) 2 Isle that includes the north-east part (6) 3 Be carried with some pride (4) 4 Played the cheat (7) 5 This little lot is just a drop (5) 6 Beats about the middle? (5) 8 Shows no haste with convicts (4) 9 Notice not to be cut in the cold (3) 12 Thudding sound? (3) 13 Stop ,for instance out East (5) 15 George,say,may get lamed (5) 18 The composer left in a rage,possibly (5) 19 Hurry up,we here (3) 20 Is he less shrinking? (3) 21 Granted the total due (7) 22 She may stuck in some hole (3) 23 General name for Highlander­s? (6) 24 Like Beryl,she’s stony (4) 25 The inner man’s entrance (6) 26 The dictator’s proclamati­on (5) 27 Suppressed like a committee?(3,2) 28 He turns to me for “15 Down” (3) 30 Restful part of England (4)

Solutions to last week’s puzzles

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, Se-a-me-w; 7, Ofcourse ; 8 ,Solo; 10, Pa-ire-d; 11, Spruce; 14, Ten; 16, Latin; 17, She’d; 19, Honey; 21, Fir-E-s; 22, Cop-Ed; 23, Ends; 26, Tenor; 28, MA-O; 29, Writ-er; 30 Mas-on-s; 31, Erin; 32, Singable; 33, Tig-ris.

DOWN: 1, S-lope-s; 2, Moo-red; 3, Wood; 4 , Co-up-les ; 5, Tr`-out ;6 ,He-l 8, S-it-E; 9, Len; 12, Ray; 13, C-ited; 15, Bored; 18, H-over ; 19, Hip; 20, Ned (den); 21 , Fore-man; 22 Cot; 23, Easing; 24, Noon; 25, S-ashes; 26, Twist; 27, N-inn-Y; 28, Mar; 30, Meet. EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, Pundit; 7, Alliance; 8, Help; 10, Teepee; 11, Lawful; 14, Red; 16, Frets; 22, Genre; 23, Serf; 26, Sitar; 28, Bar; 29, Enigma; 30, Lu-nacy; 31, Uses; 32, Abetting; 33, Saying.

DOWN: 1, Pistol; 2, Deeper; 3, Tape; 4 , Giraffe; 5, Knife; 6, Tells; 8, Here; 9, Led; 12, Wry; 13, Ut-ter; 15, Snare; 18, Elfin; 19, Urn; 20, Ice; 21, Termite; 22, Gag; 23, Sanely; 24, Eras; 5, Flying; 26, Sepal; 27, Tired.

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