CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

3 Ketchup (5) 8 Engine (5) 10 Corner (5) 11 Boy’s name (3) 12 Put up (5) 13 Herb type (7) 15 Groups of

players (5) 18 Free (3) 19 Shore bird (6) 21 Underground

rooms (7) 22 Nobleman (4) 23 Fruit (4) 24 Headache

tablet (7) 26 Dismays,

terrifies (6) 29 Chronic

drunkard (3) 31 Hard outer case

(5)

32 Formal

discussions (7) 34 Teacher (5) 35 Dog breed (3) 36 Academy Award

(5)

37 Of birth (5) 38 Spools (5)

DOWN

1 Snake type (5) 2 Crossbreed (7) 4 Hairstyle (4) 5 Prickly plant (6) 6 Go in (5)

7 Soft runny mud

(5)

9 Golf peg (3) 12 Infinite (7) 14 Afflict (3) 16 Foreign (5) 17 Sabre, for

example (5) 19 Warship type (7) 20 American state

(5)

21 Thin pancake

(5)

23 With quick light

taps (3-1-3)

24 Attractiveness

(6)

25 Steal from (3) 27 Stage (5) 28 Communion

table (5) 30 Royal (5) 32 Girl’s toy (4) 33 Sound of

disapproval (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

3 Container of riches, treasure, perhaps (5) 8 Word of warning about crime, initially, from the police (5) 10 Has tasteful associations, but can be shaky in use (5) 11 Hill in a pastoral

area (3)

12 Moira confused

an islander (5) 13 Nude in an exotic act or show (7) 15 Fabulous Greek

author (5) 18 One said to have been successful (3) 19 Irregular stripe in computer graphics (6) 21 When a

New York father, being obliging, will help (3,4) 22 Depend merely on me being away (4) 23 Make the cocoa go round in jug? (4)

24 Gets the use of

George’s? (7) 26 To a saint, the pious conclusion is the flowery part! (6)

29 Lash it back with

a rope’s end! (3) 31 In Genesis, allegedly, it’s a sort of “hemp” (5)

32 Wandering in the gallery can mean trouble! (7)

34 A pettish name to call Elizabeth (5)

35 Menagerie

animal? (3) 36 Possibly withered, not red but pallid (5) 37 A warm tone (5) 38 Subsequently, much laughter is heard (5)

DOWN

1 Germanic deity who gave woman new heart (5) 2 Thin, bony, but not exactly scraggy? (7) 4 Race of theatre

goers (4)

5 Treat the new potatoes with jam? (6)

6 One determined to be an essayist? (5) 7 Only a serf, but he had plenty! (5) 9 Opprobrious

thing to do (3) 12 Just say the

word (7)

14 A novel name

for “9” (3) 16 Examines what may be fit for consumption by saints! (5) 17 She’s grey, and may turn paler (5)

19 Sly, going round the market astutely (7) 20 Could such a widow make hay? (5) 21 Another name

for a sail (5) 23 Mr Todd of the Flying Squad (7)

24 The idea that beef is about £1 (6) 25 Mineral wealth meaning nothing to the Italian? (3) 27 The right rhyme

for “drunk” (5) 28 Island in the wild part of Dalmatia (5) 30 A horse, that is, for a little girl (5)

32 Being fit is a bit of a blessing (4)

33 Musical monologue in opera, perhaps (3)