CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

1 African desert (6) 7 Revamp (8) 8 Tranquil (4) 10 Counting frame (6) 11 Reason (6) 14 Manipulate fraudulently (3) 16 Group of nine (5) 17 Info (4) 19 Hang in the air (5) 21 Continental quilt (5) 22 Welcome (5) 23 Prison room (4) 26 1000 kilograms (5) 28 Fruit preserve (3) 29 Awaken (6) 30 Gaudy (6) 31 Assist in a crime (4) 32 Showing refinement (8) 33 To anger (6)

DOWN

1 Run aground (6) 2 Shrub or small tree (6) 3 Limbs (4) 4 Small crown (7) 5 Glossy fabric (5) 6 Father (5) 8 Horse-drawn vehicle (4) 9 Drag (3) 12 Hill (3) 13 Corrupt (5) 15 Lid (5) 18 Detest (5) 19 Shade of colour (3) 20 Animal doctor (3) 21 Kitchen sideboard (7) 22 Wildebeest (3) 23 Profession (6) 24 Discharge (4) 25 Pakistani city (6) 26 Shabby (5) 27 Loud (5) 28 Boxer’s punch (3) 30 Strong wind (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Would such sheets seem very heavy on the bed? (6) 7 Nobody special, that’s all (8) 8 Allotment scheme? (4) 10 One climbs on them to be weighed, presumably! (6) 11 Give the little devil a name, in short (6) 14 By showing some superiority (3) 16 People known for their distance apart? (5) 17 Celebrity appearing nightly? (4) 19 Terriers, on average, are domesticated (5) 21 But he wouldn’t be dropped out of an aeroplane! (5) 22 Got us upset with evident enjoyment (5) 23 It comes to light, naturally (4) 26 What the beggarly dog did late at night? (3,2) 28 Thanks to getting cross, one has to pay it (3) 29 Best suit (6) 30 Hate being tested anew (6) 31 Make money out of clear nonsense! (4) 32 Could they make reactors explode? (8) 33 Nicer to young Germans (6)

DOWN

1 Reasons for putting some of us in boxes (6) 2 Relatively apt to be looked up to? (6) 3 Raised in the East End, they may drift (4) 4 Head for the cake (7) 5 In the neighbourhood of the pub? (5) 6 Races occasioning unseemly haste (5) 8 Does he go “pop-pop”? (4) 9 Finished without a sign of victory! (3) 12 A case of identical twins! (3) 13 Convincingly disagree with a redhead on the tube back (5) 15 Have they medicinal value at sea? (5) 18 A tram crashed into the river! (5) 19 Affirmation of Britishness? (3) 20 A low noise suggested by Ted (3) 21 Little doggy darlings with strings on? (7) 22 Sticky exudation from leguminous plants? (3) 23 Maybe Tom ran from her! (6) 24 The beasts cross one out, possibly (4) 25 Maker of some new theatrical headgear? (6) 26 Keep close to a walking companion? (5) 27 Murphy, perhaps, reformed the brute! (5) 28 Scalding does it no harm (3) 30 Piece of furniture with a computer on top? (4)