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USE THE GRID WITH THE CRYPTIC OR THE EASY CLUES, BUT BEWARE: THE ANSWERS ARE DIFFERENT.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
9 Turf accountant (9) 10 Heart attack,
commonly (8)
12 Sea eagle (4) 13 Personal bravery (6) 14 Planet (7)
15 Holidays (9) 17 Momentous (9) 18 Seedless raisin (7) 20 Yearbook (6)
21 Italian wine (4) 24 Productive (8) 26 Scathing (8) 28 Semiprecious stone
(4)
29 Easygoing (6)
31 Literal (7)
34 Lizard (9)
36 Large church (9) 38 Type of house (7) 39 Furore (6)
40 Ancient Peruvian (4) 41 Dark-haired woman (8) 42 Flippant (9)
DOWN
1 Watches (8) 2 French brandy (6) 3 U.S. state (8) 4 Mistakes (6) 5 Arachnid (8) 6 Musical instrument
(5,5)
7 Invigorate (7) 8 Injury (6)
11 Sure (7) 16 Lamentable (6) 19 Truck (5)
20 Piercing tool (3) 22 Steam bath (5) 23 Doze (6) 25 Dentures (5,5) 26 Unhappy (3) 27 Fabricate (7) 30 Eaten (8)
31 Small amount (8) 32 Break down (8)
33 Residue (7) 35 Blood vessel (6) 36 Glass bottle (6) 37 Haphazard (6)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
9 Travelling by train
out - isn’t flying (2,7) 10 Should be insured,
darling (8)
12 Obliged to return something bought at the grocer’s (4)
13 Wait to check that
mother has got in (6) 14 Find to have been badly
maintained (3,4)
15 Rip to shreds, sadly
(9)
17 The result of not thinning out - sheer stupidity (9)
18 One’s contacts outside
for the mutinies (7) 20 He’s caught the carp, is prepared to stuff it (6)
21 Having the impudence
to confront (4)
24 Finds just the extent of the action taken (8)
26 Had got together,
one understood (8) 28 Said OK, it is a traditional procedure (4)
29 Skilful as a driver must be on a road in France (6)
31 Excited, shot into the
air (5,2)
34 Kid in a foreign country
with a bouquet (9) 36 Does nothing until the exam results come out? (5,4)
38 Mark square one (7) 39 Holds the shellfish
I caught (6)
40 Put away, with the
exception of (4)
41 Trips the twit and the attendants catch him (8)
42 Teach the others about
self-control (9)
DOWN
1 A pointer from the
boss (8)
2 Because the pastry in
it rises in layers (6)
3 In addition to being
equally fit (2,4,2)
4 A boyfriend in the firm
(6)
5 Having let one in,
became chatty (6,2) 6 Confirming the removal of, from the house? (7,3)
7 He was the first one on to take a look around (7)
8 At about four, again, there’s a great uproar (6)
11 There’s flavouring, I notice, inside and outside (7)
16 Said it’s a foreign
veneer (6)
19 Prepared to encase
the man in ice (5) 20 Island houses (3) 22 Notice the chaps going
in to change (5) 23 Gems from royal rings are on display outside (6)
25 Feeling great, travelling on top of a double-decker? (6,4) 26 Contracted, which
irritated one (3) 27 Claim of the newspapermen suppressing it (7) 30 On the subject of
actors, is dull (8) 31 Leading some back
into the garrison (8) 32 Stops before one gives
utterance to (8) 33 Expostulate, or go off, when the pets romp outside (7)
35 With a bad heart or otherwise, is not staying at home (6) 36 A simple silver lining
that’s skimpy (6)
37 A type of stress (6)