Bangkok Post

CROSSWORD

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

EASY CLUES

ACROSS 1 Washed out (6) 7 Rebuke (8) 8 Heroic narrative (4) 10 Swiss wooden house (6) 11 Quantity (6) 14 Decompose (3) 16 Paved area (5) 17 Slender (4) 19 Oarsman (5) 21 Flier (5) 22 Songbird (5) 23 Round vessels (4) 26 Of the Pope (5) 28 Stick, shaft (3) 29 Insight (6) 30 Salty (6) 31 Counterpar­t (4) 32 Swap (8) 33 Minor earthquake (6)

DOWN 1 Responds (6) 2 Skiing race (6) 3 Exclamatio­n of annoyance (4) 4 Toasted snack (7) 5 Whole range (5) 6 Snapshot (5) 8 Indian dress (4) 9 Obtain (3) 12 Rowing blade (3) 13 Dark period (5) 15 Compact (5) 18 Pale mauve colour (5) 19 Chest bone (3) 20 Was victorious (3) 21 Weasel-like mammal (7)

22 Tup (3) 23 Courteous (6) 24 Norse god (4) 25 Brochette (6) 26 Quick, lively (5) 27 Party drink (5) 28 Uncooked (3) 30 Let it stand (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 The only part of the Trent used by yachtsmen (6) 7 A hothead without weapons is innocuous! (8) 8 With a portion of fish, also duck, you have sherry (4) 10 It’s not so hot in the jug (6) 11 Sneer causing half the side dire distress (6) 14 In the fire department, it’s revolution­ary! (3) 16 Postpone being injudiciou­sly freed (5) 17 Regretted being rushed, dishearten­ed (4) 19 Only a crawler would go so slowly (5) 21 Keep striking for money (5) 22 Dragged to the altar? (5) 23 Badly made drink? (4) 26 The number of oaks in Kent (5) 28 He’s probably American (3) 29 Title given to a pincer movement (6) 30 Got over having no bridge (6) 31 Well and suitably divested of clothing (4) 32 Discuss when the lecture’s finished (4,4) 33 German style of feeding trough (6)

DOWN 1 It’s played with a round ball (6) 2 Banished, being no longer the one who was in command (6) 3 That thunderous deity (4) 4 Hindered one politician with a terrible deed (7) 5 Just a line, not a complete letter (5) 6 Sheer chaos somewhere in Surrey (5) 8 One warning in four is shouted (4) 9 Being diminutive, he takes up little room (3) 12 As a salesman, a bit of an entreprene­ur (3) 13 Ideal woman? (5) 15 Something like skilly, taken as punishment (5) 18 Inferior, so it could be better (5) 19 Subdue, making a firm point (3) 20 A sad fate in Passchenda­ele (3) 21 Overheads involved in keeping warm (7) 22 Young listener’s age (3) 23 Legendary flier? (6) 24 The horrible Mr Krueger’s current form? (4) 25 Shifty fellow 6) 26 Pomeranian swimmer named Mark? (5) 27 Clubhouse! (5) 28 A patient task? (3) 30 Where to cultivate much for many (4)

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