TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Fishy house in a novel (5)

6 Hardly deep waters (5)

9 Vessel a girl has a name for (7)

10 A chap to chase? (5)

11 Cunningly, in a silly way (5)

12 A puppet like Sweep (5)

13 An admission that you’ve had it (7)

15 Fish turning bad (3)

17 Two ways I had to get a girl (4)

18 Cook from Serbia (6)

19 Steer around rather than crash into them! (5) 20 Troubled times causing many increases (6) 22 Feint letter on a coin (4)

24 Utterance from a chicken? (3)

25 I’d a gilt version of such a watch (7)

26 In which to look down at one’s corns? (5)

27 His area is politics (5)

28 Saintly way of operating in crime (5)

29 Longed to time a fellow (7)

30 Monastery garden flower (5)

31 Fractional shelter for a hot-head (5)

DOWN

2 Go North to cause a rising (6)

3 One bad characteristic that’s accepted (6) 4 Week-end girl (3)

5 Give everybody the boot, finally (5)

6 Publicity to press for? (7)

7 But unique (4)

8 What happened there made all sad (6)

12 Urges on the team (5)

13 A stretch up the river (5)

14 Like the pride of many a man in town (5)

15 Index of advice concerning a plot (5)

16 Slop not exactly level!

18 Being new to start with (5)

19 He tells how tea gets dear (7)

21 Gets ready to eat (6)

22 Keep apart (6)

23 A mouth twister, this fellow (6)

25 It takes half an hour to get dry out in the Lane (5) 26 Some nasty effect on the eye-lid (4)

28 Prepared for radio (3)

EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, Spine; 6, Early; 9, Ironing; 10, Slope; 11, Teach; 12, Bears; 13, Cowered; 15, Met; 17, Owed; 18, Parade; 19, Ingot; 20, Erring; 22, Rat; 24, Sod; 25, Undress; 26, Found; 27, Lupin; 28, Anvil; 29, Feeling; 30, Edges; 31, Death.

DOWN: 2, Pillow; 3, Nipped; 4, Ere; 5, Ended; 6, Entreat; 7, Ages; 8, Lacked; 12, Being; 13, Copes; 14, Weird; 15, Maple; 16, Tests; 18, Pound; 19, Intones; 21, Rotund; 22, Fringe; 23, Assist; 25, Uncle; 26, Fife; 28, And.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, A-back; 6, Dodge; 9, Harrier; 10, M-AI-ay; 11, Carry; 12, Until; 13, Descent; 15, Web; 17, Anne; 18, Saline; 19, Per-il; 20, Trip-od; 22, S-e-LL; 24, Eel; 25, Pleases; 26, St-or-y; 27, Cur-IO; 28, Giddy; 29, Torsion; 30, S-Eve-N; 31, A-gent.

DOWN: 2, Braden; 3, Chan-ce; 4, Kay; 5, G-runt; 6, Decimal; 7, Or-Al; 8, Garden; 12, Unwed; 13, Dante; 14, Snail; 15, Wives; 16, Bells; 18, S-ill-y; 19, Pontoon; 21, Refuse; 22, Sa-Vi-ng; 23, Leaden; 25, Press (gag); 26, Site; 28, Go-a.