EASY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Atlantic, say ( 5) 6 Little ( 5) 9 Sharp reply ( 7) 10 Watch band ( 5) 11 Prose composition ( 5) 12 Maths chart ( 5) 13 Scapegoat, informally ( 4,3) 15 Vegetable ( 3) 17 Fencing sword ( 4) 18 Mend one’s ways ( 6) 19 Illegal burning ( 5) 20 Terrain ( 6) 22 Girl’s name ( 4) 24 Religious sister ( 3) 25 Flow windingly ( 7) 26 Stair part ( 5) 27 Dishonest person ( 5) 28 In front ( 5) 29 Huge fire ( 7) 30 Pig sound ( 5) 31 Attempts ( 5)

DOWN

2 Light sleep ( 6) 3 Suitable for crops ( 6) 4 Pinch ( 3) 5 Regretful ( 5) 6 Boy’s name ( 7) 7 Net ( 4) 8 Idler ( 6) 12 Protect ( 5) 13 To pretend ( 5) 14 Fruit ( 5) 15 Unit of weight ( 5) 16 Fossil resin ( 5) 18 Oarsman ( 5) 19 Very old ( 7) 21 Gossip or hearsay ( 6) 22 Fasten securely ( 6) 23 Nullify ( 6) 25 Riotous brawl ( 5) 26 Undoing ( 4) 28 Social insect ( 3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 3. Kebab 8. Rival 10. Cells 11. Gin 12. Papal 13. Anagram 15. Clues 18. Wit 19. Siesta 21. Magenta 22. Drey 23. Real

24. Flicker 26. Utopia 29. Kit 31. Ronan 32. Deduces 34. Razor 35. Rot 36. Peril 37. Snoop 38. Sewer. DOWN: 1. Signs 2. Gangway 4. Edam 5. Acacia 6. Belle 7. Sleet 9. Via 12. Patella 14. Rig 16. Usher 17. Sails 19. Sticker 20. Odour

21. Melon 23. Returns 24. Finale 25. Kid 27. Towel 28. Paris 30. Set on 32. Dole 33. Coo.