TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE CRYPTIC PUZZLE
1 Tanned and ale looking (5) 6 Trick fastener? (5) 9 A good distance in great haste (7) 10 Impale a piece of broccoli? (5) 11 The shade of blue for blood? (5) 12 A brush with the gardener? (5) 13 Where to drink a brew in, possibly (4,3) 15 Satisfied to have made an acquaintance (3) 17 The god of cupidity? (4) 18 Dean’s upset about Virginia being in America (6) 19 Order a new mitre (5) 20 They taste a bit sweet to Desmond (6) 22 Peter’s reliable (4) 24 Henry’s portion of halibut (3) 25 Dishonestly done (7) 26 Lost garment? (5) 27 Go attracting the least possible attention (5) 28 What too much, ice cream can make you (5) 29 Not Sullivan but O’Sullivan (7) 30 Sing of love amid the shifting corn (5) 31 Country with a strange enemy (5)
2 Mend more than two shoes (6) 3 Greet swimmers perhaps sounding deep (6) 4 Neither number gets the right start (3) 5 A bid from some buyer (5) 8 Headgear that would have upset Nero in bed (7) 7 There’s not much moving in the moat (4) 8 Boxed so as to be carried around (6) 12 The Wood children (5) 13 Rabbit’s tongue? (5) 14 Figure a chap out as new (5) 15 Marathon man of revolution (5) 16 It’s recorded that a fallow takes a knock (5) 18 It fails, and has its dead (5) 19 The kind of lace in which men go out? (7) 21 Is he patient at his job? (6) 22 It’s in service as a sort of greeting (6) 23 But not too weak to mince beef with some pleasure (6) 25 In the sea, are they a credit to sailors? (5) 26 Hang on, duck, here’s the pudd! (4) 28 Seek to emulate the essayist? (3) ACROSS: 3, Dinah; 8, Boy-ER; 10, Winch; 11, Boy; 12, Polar; 13, Counter; 15, Ke-nn-y; 18, Ain; 19, Mad-USA; 21, Dresden; 22, H-E-ad; 23, Ga-N-t; 24, Solders; 28, Chosen; 29, Ira; 31, Hones; 32, Spanner; 34, Dam-ES; 35, Den; 36, Hiram; 37, CL-ear; 38, Necks.
1, Ro-b-ot; 2, Reynard; 4, Ivor; 5, Awa’-ken; 6, H-ired; 7, S-can-S; 9, You; 12, Pen-sion; 14, Ti-E; 16, Nudes; 17, Yalta; 19, Men-dips; 20, Which; 21, Damon; 23, Grandly; 24, Se-Sam-e; 25, Era; 27, Hop It; 28, Sedan; 30, Pen-Al; (servitude); 32, S-eek; 33, Nee.
3, Watch; 8, Hippo; 10, Aaron; 11, Leo; 12, React; 13, Wear Out; 15, Tease; 18, Rub; 19, Sudden; 21, Various; 22, Even; 23, Blue; 24, Concert; 26, Listen; 29, Ore; 31, Steal; 32, Curates; 34, Peter; 35, Dan; 36, Smear; 37, Strip; 38, Dyfed.
1, Tiles; 2, Sporran; 4, Abat; 5, Cactus; 6, Hated; 7, Goose; 9, Pes; 12, Rubicon; 14, Our; 16, Adult; 17, Enter; 19, Succour; 20, Tells; 21, Verse; 23, Breadth; 24, Cojery; 25, Err; 27, Items; 28, Taped; 30, Denim; 32, Cede; 33, Tar.