CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
1 Brimless cap
(5)
6 Minute particles
(5)
9 Game of chance
(7)
10 Heathen (5) 11 Characteristic
(5)
12 Magic servant
(5)
13 Harass, torment
(7) 15 Encountered
(3)
17 Parched with
heat (4) 18 Cuban cigar
(6)
19 Tired out (3,2) 20 Character from Greek mythology (6) 22 Poker stake (4) 24 Transgression
(3)
25 Shackles (7) 26 Celebrities (5) 27 Weird (5) 28 Blowy (5)
29 Gun part (7) 30 One receiving
money (5) 31 Facial hair (5)
DOWN
2 Rubber (6) 3 Very happy (6) 4 Unit of weight
(3)
5 Iron alloy (5) 6 Craftsman (7) 7 Wheel surround
(4)
8 First-ever (6) 12 Lasses (5) 13 Foundation (5) 14 Backless seat
(5)
15 American state
(5)
16 Stories (5)
18 Employs for
wages (5) 19 Spartan (7) 21 Picture house
(6)
22 Dress (6) 23 Dealer (6) 25 Amphibians (5) 26 Location (4) 28 Spider’s trap
(3)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Smug types to get to grips with (5)
6 Having had too much of a fatheaded misguided dupe (3,2)
9 Choose one for mother that’s perfect (7) 10 50% of students take a key part in it (5)
11 A good deal
of sense (5) 12 He was of remarkable greatness (5) 13 Camel man of high inventiveness (7) 15 Singular beer
ingredient (3) 17 Soon to be
nameless (4) 18 Part Alaskan, also known as Hawaiian person (6) 19 Apply for an introductory job? (3,2) 20 Swiss cottage
(6)
22 They go quietly, many at half pace (4) 24 Listener’s
double share of yearly earnings (3)
25 Figured to be like a new radio (7)
26 He gives a wry
smile (5)
27 The public may be backward! (5)
28 He aims for
the heart (5) 29 In the navy, he means a good deal to his friend (7) 30 Back from Niagara once more (5) 31 Blue boy? (5)
DOWN
2 It’s not air, perhaps, that one may have to live on (6) 3 Be relegated
despite various good points (2,4)
4 Look -- a person of intelligence! (3)
5 It flies the short distance to Flamborough Head (5)
6 Stuff that makes a nasty stain on a piece of fur (7)
7 Utter in a
semitone? (4) 8 Something to do with a disgorger (6) 12 A “way out”
beverage? (5) 13 It’s extra
tasteful (5) 14 Such explorers go to the ends of the earth (5)
15 It’s customary
for a seaman to
strike out (5) 16 So such games require a flat area? (5) 18 Down-toearth New Zealanders (5) 19 Airborne
crossing? (7) 21 Experiencing the obligations of ownership? (6)
22 So little time!
(6)
23 Such teeth stick out! (Also in) (6) 25 Postpone being freed, perhaps (5)
26 She has half a mind to make another appearance (4) 28 One in the San Francisco PD? (3)