Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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ACROSS

1 Forest tree (5) 6 Blackboard support

(5)

9 Assisting (7)

10 S European country

(5)

11 Not drunk (5) 12 Smart (5)

13 Bishop (7)

15 Damp (3) 17 Guy-rope (4|) 18 Valuable fur (6) 19 Wash lightly (5) 20 Ogle (6)

22 Wound mark (4) 24 People (3)

25 Mends (7)

26 Of irregular terrain

(5)

27 Hooter (5)

28 Wide (5)

29 Renew (7)

30 Cattle sheds (5) 31 Totted up (5)

DOWN

2 Bring in from abroad

(6)

3 Cold (6)

4 Female bird (3) 5 Ill-will (5)

6 Catch in a trap (7)

7 In excited expectatio­n

(4)

8 Cricket side (6) 12 Soccer (5) 13 Devotional hymn (5) 14 Consumed (5) 15 Hoist (5)

16 Rips (5) 18 Compositio­n (5) 19 Purifies (7)

21 Weirdly (6) 22 Frightened (6) 23 Make gassy (6) 25 Item of crockery (5) 26 In this place (4) 28 Undergarme­nt in

short (3)

ACROSS

1 It may crumble in one’s beard (5)

6 Place for borrowers? (5)

9 Expunged, as it permitted in a document (7) 10 President writing to a girl (5)

11 Love the sound a door makes (5)

12 Jester’s jingles? (5)

13 Athletic aeroplane! (7)

15 Not the whole perimeter? (3)

17 Weapon in a teepee (4)

18 Ron’s in the chair (6)

19 Vex a number in any case (5)

20 Caper out of the way, possibly (6)

22 Sound figure of speech in golf! (4)

24 Commit oneself, let’s suppose (3)

25 Tardy or late in bed (7)

26 Establishm­ent with a house phone (5)

27 Figure to take the centre of the platform with a cup

(5)

28 Something handy for an index? (5)

29 A high position in mod arts (7)

30 Bells across the meadow? (5)

31 On which to boat in a narrow sense (5)

DOWN

2 The MP possibly carped (3,3)

3 How I dream of the girl I love! (6)

4 Is he a bit desperate? (3)

5 Graves, perhaps (5)

6 Being able to afford it they get mixed up with process

of law (7)

7 But they maybe even (4)

8 In the main, he has only a shirt tail (6)

12 Just the place for a bald-headed eagle? (5)

13 Lots of shape, possibly (5)

14 Form of early race? (5)

15 Man of current power? (5)

16 It’s measured, me boy! (5)

18 What to throw in when you can’t spell too well? (5) 19 Waylays on the subject of electricit­y prices? (7) 21 Damage in a grave way (6)

22 Maybe I’m a fat lady (6)

23 Queen of Canadian cities (6)

25 You can eat it with a straw! (5)

26 Listen to this anagram (4)

28 You can ask him what’s up with you (3)

EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS: 3, Forms; 8, Hotel; 10, Atone; 11, Ran; 12, Beano; 13, Battery; 15, Traps; 18, Roe; 19, Sleuth; 21, Panache; 22, Nail; 23, Rust; 24, Shudder; 26, Menac; 29, Out; 31, Epoch; 32, Sweater; 34, Tents; 35, Ion; 36, Besom; 37, Sneer; 38, Reaps.

DOWN: 1, Foray; 2, Central; 4, Obey; 5, Mantle; 6, Store; 7, Impact; 9, Tat; 12, Breathe; 14, Eon; 16, Augor; 17, Shuts; 19, Shadows; 20, Gnome; 21, Piano; 23, Retains; 24, Scheme; 25, Due; 27, Epees; 28, Acted; 30, Tenet; 32, Step; 33, Toe.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS: 3, Sarum; 8, Notes; 10, Ca-RR-y; 11, Lotr; 12, CL-eat; 13, Ply-wood; 15, B-E-gan; 18, Err; 19, All-ude; 21, Debacle; 22, Am-in; 23, Read; 24; Fleeces; 26, Prat-ie; 29, Gap(rev); 31, Ho-Ned; 34, Add-Ed; 35, Sat; 36, Pearl; 37, Senor; 38, Seedy.

DOWN: 1, Dolly; 2, Between; 4, Ould; 5, U-sable; 6, Motel; 7, Bre-ad; 9, To-y; 12, Corocle; 14, Orb; 16, Gu-l-es; 17, N-eddy; 19, Al-leg-ed; 20, Ralph; 21, Di-van; 23, Reposes; 24, Fiddle; 25, Car; 27, Ropes; 28, Tears; 30, Act-on; 32, Head; 33, I-an.

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