CROSSWORD

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

1 Cover (6) 7 Water (5,3) 8 Indian dress (4) 10 Free (6) 11 Parentless child

(6)

14 Signal

agreement (3) 16 Vigilant (5) 17 Row (4) 19 Dessert (5) 21 Unfashionable

(5)

22 Custom (5) 23 Singlet (4)

26 As a joke (2,3) 28 Offer (3) 29 Choose (6) 30 Nullify (6) 31 Particle (4) 32 Precision (8) 33 A sally (6)

DOWN

1 Slim (6) 2 Speaker (6) 3 Podium (4) 4 Gemstone (7) 5 Turning tool (5) 6 Mock attack (5) 8 Rational (4)

9 To free (3) 12 Fold (3) 13 Regions (5) 15 Stinking (5) 18 Senseless (5) 19 Poke (3) 20 Permit (3) 21 Ballerinas (7) 22 Shade (3) 23 Vitality (6) 24 Dutch cheese

(4)

25 Dozen (6) 26 Muslim religion

(5)

27 Herd (5) 28 Wager (3)

30 No votes (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 She’ll never strike us as “the better half” (6)

7 Style of art that’s in a seaman’s territory (8) 8 Quickly disheartened Solomon (4) 10 Sam, who’s belted a lot of officers (6) 11 Altogether stark

(6)

14 Daughter of

Ahasuerus? (3) 16 Smart refusal to be out of the race (5) 17 Discontinue work for a doctor (4)

19 In appearance, possibly, it may be torn (5) 21 He may work in

a gallery (5) 22 Nero’s father!

(5)

23 He entertains a

lot (4) 26 Historic master

traitor? (5) 28 Like the cat that got the cream? (3) 29 An opening permitted to a viewer (6) 30 Order out of the

garret! (6) 31 Open letter to Don, possibly (4)

32 So a cloth can be used as a source of heat (3,5) 33 In movies, a boy’s name for a beetle (6)

DOWN

1 Showed great enthusiasm for a plot by a gang (6)

2 Arrive, but not for a showdown! (4,2)

3 It’s reasonable for a Pole to be in the Kentish area (4)

4 She’s a

knockout! (7)

5 A mistake by the soccer people last month (5) 6 Music room?

(5)

8 Thus, again, it’s

fair (2-2) 9 Anybody’s unit

(3)

12 In transportation, this nation makes a bloomer! (3) 13 It’s bound to be

geographical (5) 15 Foreigners from

Sedan? (5) 18 Four-legged

race! (5) 19 Place for a driver to stop (3)

20 For each pigheaded hesitation (3) 21 Sailor with his chum a great deal (7) 22 Canine friend?

(3)

23 It’s tougher,

having heard amiss, to get right (6)

24 A game loses pounds for him! (4)

25 The car crashed in the old country (6) 26 It’s short of

spirit! (5)

27 He gave the BBC their lordly style (5)

28 A lover’s fancy

piece (3)

30 Be effusive when taking us in (4)