TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Purse (5) 6 Discovers (5) 9 Passed (7)
10 Glossy (5) 11 Unaccompanied (5) 12 Thick (5) 13 Screened (7)
15 Not many (3) 17 Was in debt (4) 18 Stupefy (6) 19 Ventilated (5) 20 Push hard (6) 22 River crossing (4) 24 Distress signal (3) 25 Has ambitions (7) 26 Break open (5) 27 Fragrant oil (5) 28 Illness (5)
29 Gets better (7) 30 Trademark (5) 31 Small island (5)
DOWN
2 Not solid (6)
3 Drained away (6) 4 Moose (3)
5 Rapidity (5)
6 Ate heartily (7) 7 Unoccupied (4) 8 Contradicts (6) 12 Charge to an account
(5)
13 Layers of paint (5) 14 Changes course (5) 15 Excitement (5) 16 Fuses metal (5) 18 Animal (5)
19 Made safe (7)
21 Car horn (6)
22 Showy adornments (6) 23 Take ill (6)
25 Famous racecourse (5) 26 Farm building (4) 28 Service payment (3)
ACROSS
1 See that it’s jewelled! (5)
6 The moony stage? (5)
9 He produces hot air, if nothing else (7) 10 Photograph a newcomer in the garden (5) 11 Instrument that may be a collector’s piece (5) 12 Coagulates in a number of groups (5)
13 Something touching to read (7)
15 Holds some cash for change (3)
17 Remain motherless and get the strap (4)
18 Juvenile player not at school (6)
19 Paddle-driven vessel (5)
20 Quick century for a noted cricketer (6)
22 Fruit squash for Emil (4)
24 Pretend to be young? (3)
25 First-class letter (7)
27 Don’t allow an untidy beard (5)
28 Start to leave on booze (5)
29 He contrives to be the boss (7)
30 Michael gives wild leaps (5)
31 Persons of pretty pessimistic nature (5)
DOWN
2 A support bad sailors are glad to get (6)
3 Music, meat and a little wine (6)
4 Like a very good meal (3)
5 Not a birdie but a bird (5)
6 Something pretty that can be cut ripe (7)
7 How sad that a girl gets mimicked (4)
8 Ruler with a sweet wife (6)
12 Like Uncle Arthur’s soup (5)
13 Piece of building material you can get by the yard (5) 14 Nice and dry, and an excellent colour (5)
15 It’s customary to knock out a sailor (5)
16 Something hard for a butcher to use (5)
18 Add a figure to the sum(5)
19 Heart line! (7)
21 They’re brownish or possibly silver (6)
22 The attire of one active on the railway? (6) 23 Arrange to remain a service-man (6)
25 Cover for a dagger? (5)
26 The Mr East previously mentioned (4)
28 Take a chance on a girl (3)
EASY PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Spare; 6, Gamut; 9, Oatmeal; 10, Scour; 11, Louse; 12, Stale; 13, Repeals; 15, Era; 17, Odes; 18, Snares; 19, Ingot; 20, Spring; 22, Ache; 24, Toy; 25, Tractor; 26, Furry; 27, Steer; 28, Ouster; 29, Reminds; 30, Trend; 31, Decry.
DOWN: 2, Packed; 3, Rouses; 4, Ear; 5, Omits; 6, Gallant; 7, Aloe; 8, Unsure; 12, Slang; 13, Roast; 14, Perry; 15, Erect; 16, Aster; 18, Sorry; 19, Injured; 21, Poster; 22, Accused; 23, Hotter; 25, Train; 26, Fern; 28, Odd.
CRYPTIC PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Brush ; 6, Waist; 9, Ca-pit-al; 10, Canal; 11, S-ally; 12, Pelts; 13, Castles; 15, Pa’s; 17, Only; 18, Arrant; 19, Means; 20, Appear; 22, D-ice; 24, Lot; 25, Medical; 26, Liver; 27, Wi-ga-n; 28, Mini-m; 29, Mechlin; 30, Snips; 31, Depot.
DOWN: 2, Reagan; 3, Scan-ty; 4, Hal(ted); 5, Fives; 6, W-aste-S; 7, Alas (a class); 8, Sultan(a); 13, Coral; 14, Slept; 15, Pa-nic; 16, Steel; 18, Anger;; 19, Marines; 21, Potion; 22, Di-Vi-ne; 23, C-Ali-Co; 25, Meths; 26, Lam-p; 28, M-I-D.