TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Magic spell (5)
6 Map book (5) 9 Writers (7)
10 Render harmless (5) 11 Fast (5)
12 Lower than (5) 13 Surroundings (7) 15 Tea (3)
17 Hunted animal (4) 18 Respiration (6) 19 Deceivers (5) 20 Ransacked (6) 22 Operatic melody (4) 24 Sailor (3)
25 Strive (7) 26 Requested (5) 27 Wild dog (5) 28 Weird (5)
29 Arouses affection (7) 30 Board game (5) 31 Make amends (5) 2 Yearn (6) 3 Uncommonness (6) 4 Silent (3)
5 Strap (5)
6 Unpaid debts (7) 7 Former Russian ruler
(4)
8 Dismount (6) 12 Loosened (5)
13 Shed (5)
14 Singing voice (5) 15 Junta (5)
16 In front (5) 18 Offspring (5) 19 Instruction periods
(7)
21 Boorish (6)
22 Say in court (6) 23 Redskin (6)
25 Gives way (5) 26 Grows older (4) 28 Long time (3) 1 It’s incomprehensible to me (5)
6 Cheeky colour (5)
9 Smith, townsman with a title (7)
10 Like electric blue? (5)
11 Intends changing names (5)
12 He appears to be entertaining (5)
13 When wronged, even Reg may take it (7) 15 In time, one gets a bit disheartened (3) 17 Isn’t “isn’t”! (4)
18 Hope to be something big in the church (6) 19 Is inclined to amuse the young (5)
20 Show that Mr Hill’s on key (6)
22 Halfway by motorway! (4)
24 Free portion of porridge (3)
25 Braille system for a politician (7)
26 Like friends only a short way away (5)
27 The weak thing to do (5)
28 Shelf with a right-angled side (5)
29 Accused all of getting “28Across” wrong? (7) 30 Cake, perhaps, or jam (5)
31 Perpetually discouraging answer (5) 2 What underpaid Americans need (6)
3 Repeats for listeners (6)
4 Name of outfit (3)
5 Food for the cockney viewer! (5)
6 Soldiers signalling feelings of guilty regret (7) 7 The great fellow Nero might have been (4)
8 A person of taste (6)
12 Nimble American in the drink (5)
13 Water engine-drivers need (5)
14 A familiar name I had to get clear (5)
15 It must be right on occasion! (5)
16 Just the chap to liven up (5)
18 Confess you can’t refuse entrance? (5)
19 Hurry to prepare cutlets (7)
21 Face showing a girl’s age (6)
22 A way to give up or get out (6)
23 Put pressure on the chap with the broken leg (6) 25 Tempts Les out for half an hour (5)
26 Difficulty breaking horses (4)
28 He shows us the French way (3) ACROSS: 1, Short; 6, Usury; 9, Ailment; 10, Smart; 11, Curse; 12, Rayon; 13, Settler; 15, Tea; 17, Prev; 18, Stairs; 19, Heath; 20, Rasher; 22, Mere; 24, Tie; 25, Flooded; 26, Stall; 27, Filth; 28, Fluke; 29, Yearned; 30, Ogler; 31, Eyeing.
2, Hamper; 3, Rarity; 4, Tit; 5, Smear; 6, Uncouth; 7, Stun; 8, Rooster; 12, Refer; 13, Sport; 14, Tease; 15, Tired; 16, Asked; 18, Still; 19, Heather; 21, Aiming; 22, Mouldy; 23, Reckon; 25, Flare; 26, Stye; 28, Fee.
1, BR-ads; 6, Perms; 9, Aerated; 10, L-Oire; 11, Rings; 12, Sight; 13, Delight; 15, Pep (rev); 17, A-den; 18, Sprite; 19, Arias; 20, Crease; 22, Cut-e; 24, Ear; 25, Scarper; 26, Billy; 27, She-ER; 28, Reaps; 29, Tearful; 30, Breed; 31, Essen.
2, Rooted; 3, Darwin; 4, Sea; 5, Can it; 6, Perhaps; 7, Edit (rev); 8, Magnet; 12, Shore; 13, Dance; 14, Lever; 15, Pin-up; 16, Pe-t-ar; 18, Saucy; 19, Aspired; 21, Rather; 22, C-reals; 23, Temple; 25, Slurs; 26, Be-t-a; 28, Rue.