TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Hearten (5)
6 Adhere (5)
9 Fugitive (7)
10 Minor nobleman (5) 11 Group of lions (5) 12 Beautiful woman (5) 13 Marked with bands (7) 15 Insect (3) 17 Fashionable (4) 18 Buries (6)
19 Fetch (5)
20 Wicked (6)
22 Long rod (4)
24 Decay (3)
25 Polish (7) 26 Drunkard (5)
27 Two crotchets (5) 28 Player (5)
29 Revive (7)
30 Illness (5)
31 Coin (5)
DOWN
2 Fireplace (6) 3 Amorous (6)
4 Move swiftly (3) 5 Was delirious (5) 6 Young tree (7) 7 Wheel covering (4) 8 Sponger (6)
12 Fruit (5)
13 Scrub clean (5) 14 Correct (5) 15 Under (5)
16 County (5) 18 Interior (5) 19 Mistake (7) 21 Inexperienced
beginner (6) 22 Mind (6)
23 Shallow lake (6) 25 Facial growth (5) 26 Flag (4) 28 Poisonous snake (3)
ACROSS
1 It means “Stop!’’ in a big way (5)
6 Do start the game! (5)
9 Unfriendly bit of a blitz on a castle (7)
10 Too far to go in 12 hours on a donkey (5) 11 Scene of contest with a hardhearted woman (5) 12 Singularly plain girl with father (5)
13 Keen to do things by halves? (7)
15 Name for an upright article (3)
17 Light, somewhat trashy (4)
18 Weak parts of coffee tables (6)
19 They may hang up there with the bats (5) 20 Worker in the sun?
22 He’s out of shape, terribly (4)
24 One and the same fuss (3)
25 He finds water more heavenly (7)
26 The wrong thing to make (5)
27 Viola’s big brother (5)
28 Say to be absolute (5)
29 Man in the moon, see? (7)
30 The power to switch teams (5)
31 Illegal sonar system (5)
DOWN
2 Matches featuring women? (6)
3 Little can get into a sty! (6)
4 Catman! (3)
5 Perfect straight line to town (5)
6 Fasteners less apt to break (7)
7 Name Cortez rarely used (4)
8 He was destructive in victory and almost all else (6) 12 Journal disorganised in appearance (5)
13 Father’s thanks for food (5)
14 It has a horn but could be much hornier (5)
15 By whom Ben is confused (5)
16 Not re-edited Verne (5)
18 Gift for making pounds in honest fashion (5) 19 Wherein to dissipate boredom? (7)
21 Adventure’s arrival? (6)
22 Harold’s letter from a painter (6)
23 One of those boring pests (6)
25 Place a dead-head in charge! (5)
26 Lion-like girl? (4)
28 Name one (3)
EASY PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Chess; 6, Peach; 9, Pattern; 10, Smart; 11, Ideal; 13, Slander; 15, Sea; 17, Chests; 22, Pure; 24, Eon; 25, Steamer; 26, Meals; 27, Comet; 28, Strut; 29, Scholar; 30, Crash; 31, Dying.
DOWN: 2, Humble; 3, Sprint; 4, Sat; 5, Stair; 6, Priests; 7, Ends; 8, Chafes; 12, Leaps; 13, Spice; 14, Aspen; 15, Serum; 16, Aster; 18, Seats; 19, Scratch; 21, Honour; 22, Pastry; 23, Return; 25, Sloop; 26, Mess; 28, Sad.
CRYPTIC PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Bleak (House); 6, Ponds; 9, Gai-Leaon; 10, Harry; 11, Slily; 12, Sooty; 13, Receipt; 15, Dab; 17, E-N-I’d; 18, Braise; 19, Trees; 20, C-rises; 22, Dim-e; 24, Hic; 25, Digital; 26, Scorn; 27, Heath; 28, Si-MO-n; 29, Year-Ned.
DOWN: 4, Kay; 5, All-ot; 6, Posters; 7, Only; 8, Dallas; 12, Spurs; 13, Reach; 14, CI-Vic; 15, Dig-it; 16, Bevel; 18, Begin; 19, Tea-cher; 21, Ripens; 22, Divide; 23, Mahout; 25, Dr-ur-y; 26, Stye; 28, Set.