DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
ACROSS 3 It’s wrong to hiss at our continental friends (5) 8 Leslie endlessly unravels the thread (5) 10 Chuck is of unusual worth (5) 11 Time to eat? (3) 12 Where Vietnamese capitalists are concentrated? (5) 13 Be still turning up in a tasty concoction (4,3) 15 Looks for fellows to give one a match (5) 18 At one in the afternoon, she can possibly have ale (3) 19 He mentions Australian port (6) 21 Welshman having to get out of the shower? (7) 22 Under a cloud, I sprinted out (4) 23 Come through and check the piano (4) 24 Everybody due to be given a permit (7) 26 Only contains one soft note, frankly (6) 29 Where, in hospital, you can get a mineral (3) 31 Does a penman merit such servitude? (5) 32 Liked what one travelled to get (4,3) 34 Murphy, for instance, has a right to public transport (5) 35 Record a playing error by a novice (3) 36 Beg for a pad to put round a leg that’s not good (5) 37 Start as you finish, in debt! (5) 38 City or United? (5)
DOWN 1 Pretty rhyme for a girl (5) 2 Not a dramatist’s instrument, but a childish thing (4-3) 4 Possibly tame lamb? (4) 5 Best sit around and not continue (4,2) 6 Threw one into an outbuilding (5) 7 As Errol rose, Peter also acted (5) 9 It has its sandy side (3) 12 By ordinary means, sing a vocal piece in any case (7) 14 Standard reached by dad at the end of the year (3) 16 Finished with a terrible need for a bit of aid (5) 17 She’s strangely shy about her record (5) 19 A curious, empty-hearted person, possibly (7) 20 Look sad, like a doctor getting nothing for an operation (5) 21 Passed the drink around, one fine day! (5) 23 When paid, stopped being restless (7) 24 Refer to everything due for revision (6) 25 A bit of a swine will never be a loser (3) 27 Strips off and goes back to sleep (5) 28 The province of maternity (5) 30 He’s apt to offend or upset some guests (5) 32 A small figure is not what’s wanted for growth (4) 33 A supporter of turning back initially (3)
EASY
ACROSS 3 Pseudonym (5) 8 Hairdresser’s shop (5) 10 Pugilist (5) 11 Jeer (3) 12 Competitor (5) 13 Pig’s foot (7) 15 Unit of gold purity (5) 18 Cooker part (3) 19 Doubtless (6) 21 Comments (7) 22 Dressed (4) 23 Ribbon (4) 24 Rich (7) 26 Loves (6) 29 Distant (3) 31 Italian port (5) 32 Questionable (7) 34 Customary (5) 35 Cover (3) 36 Speciality (5) 37 Narrow way (5) 38 Chosen few (5)
DOWN 1 Sword (5) 2 Calmed (7) 4 Den (4) 5 Counting frame (6) 6 Of the sun (5) 7 Wild (5) 9 Lavatory (3) 12 Refunds (7) 14 Male cat (3) 16 Pass on (5) 17 Wheel surrounds (5) 19 Adroit (7) 20 Neck of mutton (5) 21 Synthetic fibre (5) 23 Excites (7) 24 Small mammal (6) 25 Flap (3) 27 Lure (5) 28 Way (5) 30 Naked figures (5) 32 Foolish (4) 33 Lubricate (3)