Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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ACROSS

1 Bumptious (5) 6 Audibly (5)

9 Meadow (7) 10 Foolishnes­s (5)

11 Jobs to be done (5) 12 Obvious (5)

13 Put at risk (7)

15 Whole (3)

17 Poems (4)

18 Rain bearers (6) 19 Twenty (5)

20 Dairy animals (6) 22 Greek letter (4) 24 Possessive pronoun (3) 25 Wed again (7) 26 Pungent (5)

27 Over garment (5) 28 Sifting instrument (5) 29 Sackcloth (7) 30 Beneath (5) 31 Devotional hymn (5)

DOWN

2 Raised an uproar (6) 3 Cleaves (6)

4 Fodder (3)

5 Not fresh (5)

6 Item (7)

7 Thin (4)

8 Cruel (6)

12 Cost (5) 13 Guarantee (5) 14 Homes (5)

15 Target ring (5) 16 Attempt (5)

18 Wept (5)

19 Lazy worker (7) 21 Flier (6)

22 Bowls (6)

23 Journey (6)

25 Wash out (5)

26 Be sore (4)

28 Vital juice (3)

ACROSS

1 Snake or horse artist (5)

6 Of the birth of the boys (5)

9 A published form of diet I get on (7)

10 Playing speed (5)

11 A tot’s food? (5)

12 Spring in the country (5)

13 Workplaces away from refreshmen­ts (7)

15 A monarch has the right to be wrong (3)

17 At a distance, it seams a bit of a farce (4)

18 Argue when tea’s been spilt on the bed, possibly (6) 19 Paid out pounds for certain material (5)

20 Lofty notions of eccentric ladies? (6)

22 A coin in it can get lost (4)

24 Little chap on the short side? (3)

25 Laughable old fools (7)

26 Can one create a stir by climbing it? (5)

27 A quality of gold in moulded tin? (5)

28 Paint in milk form (5)

29 She’s tailed (7)

30 Not so wet as a rider can get (5)

31 She gets fruit by the pound (5)

DOWN

2 Like a unique job (3,3)

3 Go and fix something (6)

4 A party in trouble (3)

5 Prevents arrests? (5)

6 Not white — covered but, spotted! (7)

7 Soon gets a girl out of the duck (4)

8 Declare a cart? (6)

12 Makes a profit out of disappoint­ments? (5) 13 Deserted refreshmen­ts place? (5)

14 Met an adversary at the front (5)

15 Rare bird on the links (5)

16 Payments for danger? (5)

18 One suited to deep water? (5)

19 Something dishy (7)

21 Meal the doctor gets about nine, possibly (6) 22 Walk some steps, then ride (6)

23 To roar as a public speaker (6)

25 He can do without my conclusion (5) 26 South like the total, but isn’t (4)

28 Sign of a speedy second-lieutenant (3)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, Simple; 7, Woodcock; 8, Late; 10, Stayer; 11, Missed; 14, Me-N; 16, Steps; 17, Near; 19, Money (Programme); 21, Muted; 22, Aught; 23, Time; 26, Sears; 28, Pom (mop); 29, Critic; 30, Cap-one; 31, Amps; 32, Declaims; 33, Har-O-L-d.

DOWN: 1, Seas-on; 2, Player; 3, Ewer; 4, Advised; 5, House; 6, Skids; 8, Lama; 9, Ten (rev); 12, Sty; 13, Epsom; 15, Moths; 18, Elder (Ida); 19, Mug; 20, Net; 21, Musical; 22, Art; 23, Topper; 24, Amos; 25, Eyelid; 26, S-c-uds; 27, Aitch; 28, Pa-M, 30, Cash.

EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, Camber; 7, Amicable; 8, Arty; 10, Merges; 11, Effect; 15, Men; 18, Ferry; 17, Rose; 19, Angle; 21, Issue; 22, Onset; 23, Ripe; 26, Pills; 28, Gem; 29, Studio; 30, Sample; 31, Eros; 32, Luckiest; 33, Speaks.

DOWN: 1, Calmer; 2, Bargoe; 3, Rays; 4, Scuffle; 5, Abler; 6, Testy; 8, Arms; 9, Ten; 12, Fee; 13, Cramp; 15, Insect; 18, Orbit; 19, Ass; 20, Gut; 21, Insipid; 22, Old; 23, Remote; 24, Imps; 25, Ejects; 26, Psalm; 27, Lurch; 28, Gar; 30, Sets.

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