CROSSWORD

Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.

EASY CLUES

ACROSS 1 Vote in (5) 6 Communion

table (5) 9 Result (7) 10 Raising agent (5) 11 Approaches (5) 12 Noblemen (5) 13 Rifle attachment

(7) 15 Small lid or cover

(3) 17 Yes votes (4) 18 Long step or

pace (6) 19 Homeless dog

(5) 20 Afternoon nap

(6) 22 Heap (4) 24 Girl’s name (3) 25 Liked by many

(7) 26 Regular practice

(5) 27 Backless sofa (5) 28 Easy to lift (5) 29 Disregards (7) 30 Kind or style (5) 31 In that place (5)

DOWN 2 Room for

manoeuvre (6) 3 World, universe

(6) 4 Sound of

annoyance (3) 5 Outrider (5) 6 General pardon

(7) 7 Sediment (4) 8 Overseas (6) 12 Greek letter (5) 13 Light wood (5) 14 Republic in SW

Arabia (5) 15 Polite, courteous

(5) 16 Boy’s name (5) 18 Wooden shoe (5) 19 Peculiar (7) 21 Ask along (6) 22 Deal with (6) 23 Suds (6) 25 Flier (5) 26 Head covering

(4) 28 Permit (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Clever, yes; but much too oily (5) 6 Room that’s out of this world! (5) 9 Stop Theo staggering around the street (5,2) 10 Crime that makes hot news? (5) 11 A snack in the

car? (5) 12 He’s upset in breaking a leg (5) 13 Possessing growing potential (7) 15 Such as a Scot

might say (3) 17 Jenny, a redhead

in new guise (4) 18 One in time to save others? (6) 19 Religious girl?

(5) 20 Implement to push to the left (6) 22 Seasonal mishap

(4) 24 Was he among the hunters of history? (3) 25 It can be claimed to have its point (7) 26 In a way, our

river (5) 27 It’s forbidden to

change a boot (5) 28 Harbour master?

(5) 29 Seem keen to be

watchful (4,3) 30 Skinhead still

very young (5) 31 She’s soft on a chap with a title (5)

DOWN 2 Maybe regular but not uniform, being bigger (6) 3 Frederic (the piano man) gets Charlie to hop aboard (6) 4 Is he smart to be

chicken? (3) 5 A veil, if sound, is of some use (5) 6 What some people may say as they hiss the truth? (7) 7 Water polo

maybe (4) 8 Soccer club said to sell some tickets (6) 12 S. African part of the Atlantic, possibly? (5) 13 In a way, his shiftiness is smart! (5) 14 Lemon squash, often with water added (5) 15 One means of moving, mates (5) 16 The cold that makes you indisposed to go to church (5) 18 Keep out of the ditch, but crash into the trees (5) 19 Decorate, so

often badly (7) 21 Benevolent person put in the shade (6) 22 Is limited, so hiding it is fine (6) 23 The political party mum was in (6) 25 Very nice, yet somehow evasive? (5) 26 Lying on the bed is the insolent part! (4) 28 Youngster untroubled by being backward (3)