EASY CROSSWORD
EASY CLUES ACROSS
1 Perspires (6)
7 Give rise to (8) 8 Castle surround (4) 10 Decorates (6) 11 Globe (6)
14 Tank (3) 16 Ventilated (5) 17 Long journey (4) 19 Custom (5) 21 Discourage (5) 22 Magic servant (5) 23 Male voice (4) 26 Student (5) 28 Small flap (3) 29 Rupture (6) 30 Make bare (6) 31 Single entity (4) 32 Set of bones (8) 33 Breathe out (6)
DOWN
1 Sage (6)
2 Waterproof jacket (6) 3 Hardens (4) 4 Hopelessness (7) 5 Viper (5)
6 Doctrine (5) 8 Relocate (4)
9 Social insect (3) 12 Strike (3) 13 Harvests (5) 15 Ancient language (5) 18 Scoundrel (5) 19 Farmyard bird (3) 20 Stinging insect (3) 21 Hand over (7) 22 Spirit (3)
23 Exile (6)
24 Adjoin (4)
25 Expel air from the
nose (6)
26 Stage (5)
27 Clean feathers (5) 28 Number (3)
30 Ridge of sand (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Lamps switch at closing time, for instance (6)
7 How Len tires of being an attentive fellow (8)
8 Naughty boys? (4) 10 Not a handy game?
(6)
11 Archbishop cooked meals round the Nag’s Head (6) 14 Obtained leave to
start talks (3) 16 Ventures to use many units of area (5)
17 and 19 With a dark look, promises to water the garden (4,5)
19 See “17”
21 Left one’s bed and
dressed (3,2)
22 Where, abroad, it’s
wrong to gamble (5) 23 Aptly enough, it’s at the
back of the ship (4) 26 Where a girl can get ahead in hairdressing (5)
28 Sticky bit of an
argument (3)
29 Quietly thrust into the
water? (6)
30 Assuming legal responsibility, this person’s heart may be true (6)
31 Still a day of anticipation before November (4)
32 Fit to wear a two
piece? (8)
33 This insect can
possibly escape (6)
DOWN
1 Be troubled and sure upset about the noisy music (6)
2 A little matter for a professional heavyweight (6) 3 Informal female from
Winchelsea (4)
4 Such comics must bear
examination (5,2) 5 Hearty half of beer at
the pub (5)
6 Wild romps at the
Albert Hall (5) 8 Philosophy master (4) 9 One part of Surbiton
(3)
12 Sorry about the cake
(3)
13 Notedly slow movement during work (5)
15 For a novice to finish better would make a change (5)
18 Horrify a friend, being
soft-hearted (5)
19 A nut for the horse (3) 20 Away back in the
pavilion (3)
21 Stuff with food and drink around midnight (7)
22 The score of the
century (3) 23 Absolutely backed up –
depend on it! (6) 24 Sign of love, chaps? (4) 25 A rewarding occasion
(6)
26 Sudden activity to get
pass at end of term (5) 27 Clear piece of luck for the plain-clothes men (5)
28 Informally, it’s said to acknowledge superiority (3)
30 Visit James Bond’s boss, it would appear (4) EASY