CROSSWORD
Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.
EASY CLUES
ACROSS
3 Wild (5)
8 Fact (5) 10 Lowest point (5) 11 Waste container
(3)
12 Lawful (5) 13 Advantage (7) 15 Be worthy of (5) 18 Corpulent (3) 19 One’s professional life (6)
21 Burial or
cremation (7) 22 Burst of noise
(4)
23 Corrode (4) 24 Rifle attachment
(7)
26 Introduce
gradually (6) 29 Auction item (3) 31 Looks
lasciviously (5) 32 Health-check (7) 34 Book of maps
(5)
35 Stick, shaft (3) 36 Natural ability (5) 37 Tree (5) 38 Hangman’s
halter (5)
DOWN
1 Highland games
log (5) 2 Melodious (7) 4 Give or send
forth (4) 5 Brutish person
(6)
6 Afterwards (5) 7 The southern
US (5)
9 Can (3)
12 Word for word
(7)
14 Sports
supporter (3) 16 Refute (5) 17 Hackneyed (5) 19 Wheedles (7)
20 Month (5) 21 Untrue (5) 23 No longer
working (7) 24 Small
restaurant (6) 25 Signal
agreement (3) 27 Recently (5) 28 Coach (5) 30 Aircraft detection system (5) 32 Main part or
majority (4) 33 Fish (3)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
3 Initially financial loss on candy, possibly (5) 8 Old barbarian out to master a person (5) 10 Fear is all I see (5) 11 Brotherly nonsense? (3) 12 Varnish something black soft-heartedly (5) 13 When mature, it’s good and right to confess (5-2) 15 Be punished for that business at the mine (3,2) 18 Something fresh from Barnet? (3) 19 Bring down so deep? (6) 21 Lightened everything, yes, for many (7) 22 Bit of fun for a bird (4) 23 Contented without shelter (4) 24 Drove to Rome, perhaps, for the grand finale (7) 26 Does it demonstrate there are pennies from heaven? (6) 29 Volunteers a kiss as payment! (3) 31 Old Nick sat on one (5) 32 Concentrated on getting some decent redress (7) 34 Place dates in order (5) 35 He’s less than valiant (3) 36 Do fully (5) 37 Regal composer? (5) 38 Flynn in a later role? (5)
DOWN
1 Shout about half an hour for something to eat (5) 2 On which to be a model of feline grace? (7) 4 Like the line back from Poole? (4) 5 Separated, ran out of electricity (6) 6 Where, in the country, Sarah went to work? (5) 7 All black birds? (5) 9 A low utterance (3) 12 Person responsible for an artist being in court, possibly (7) 14 All-rounder’s sporting failure (3) 16 Held a model position (5) 17 Those shown with a smile? (5) 19 Being relegated is a test indeed! (7) 20 Many a mug has quality (5) 21 Speech made when a rotten rat’s about to leave (5) 23 Wording a wicked lie about the material (7) 24 One whose advice gets me torn to pieces?(6) 25 How one hurried out of the rain (3) 27 No new attire! (5) 28 A desert space centre in the wild West (5) 30 Like the servitude of a penman? (5) 32 Statesman who showed love for his pet (4) 33 Torn piece of music? (3)