DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS 1 Optical device with soft rims,
possibly (5)
6 Rolls dished up with the roast (5)
9 Amuses Mark and Leslie! (7)
10 Best one to trade with (5)
11 You get it going! (5)
12 Instrument with an electric circuit? (5)
13 Tried to involve an MP in crooked
deals (7)
15 Whistler’s property? (3)
17 Greek god with quantities of land (4)
18 Road by which one can leave Trieste,
possibly (6)
19 Wait for a friend at the end of the
road (5)
20 The following drink (6)
22 He’s from New Zealand, nominally (4)
24 Can it be a ravine over there? (3)
25 Come round with a spare part to
match (7)
26 Be in the position to take notice (3,2)
27 To many a boy, an assertive little
girl (5)
28 A line possibly nice for old people (5)
29 Play or take part in a tricky match (7)
30 Like a regular return (5)
31 Sight possibly seen at the bus
terminus? (5) DOWN 2 A Communist vehicle in Cleveland (6)
3 Puts one’s foot down firmly (6)
4 Not far from familiar (3)
5 Highly smitten in a batty sort of way? (5)
6 Unusually early to accept it as the truth (7)
7 Capital of Czechoslovakia (4)
8 A release by the BBC (6)
12 Cared to chop wood (5)
13 Cheeky, say, about ‘University
Challenge’ (5)
14 Has she got the mange? (5)
15 It’s in Iceland where hake swim round
the lake (5)
16 More than a ton weight! (5)
18 It floats in pools (5)
19 Can be claimed to make a point (7)
21 Was poetry a chore for him? (6)
22 An American in Paris? (6)
23 Stadiums wherein Arsenal could
ultimately lose money? (6)
25 Restrains a dog taking heartless
bites (5)
26 Treat ’em as identical (4)
28 ’Tis different but means the same (3)
EASY ACROSS 1 Fragment (5)
6 Brazilian dance (5)
9 Thin on top (7)
10 Dizzy (5)
11 Snow leopard (5)
12 Filament (5)
13 Short axe (7)
15 Hairstyling product (3)
17 A way out (4)
18 Venerate (6)
19 Threshing
implement (5)
20 Musical dramas (6)
22 Unclothed (4)
24 And not (3)
25 Take refuge (7)
26 Remarkably large (5)
27 Boy’s name (5)
28 Room under the
roof (5)
29 Refuse (7)
30 Ride a bike (5)
31 Tropical plant (5)
DOWN
2 Culminating point (6)
3 Kidnap (6)
4 Remuneration (3)
5 Confess (5)
6 Swimmer’s breathing
tube (7)
7 Fever (4)
8 Supporter (6)
12 Touches (5)
13 Wading bird (5)
14 Italian river (5)
15 Gain access to (3,2)
16 Prise (5)
18 Correct (5)
19 Exhaustion (7)
21 Badly (6)
22 Very happy or
cheerful (6)
23 Area (6)
25 Insults
deliberately (5)
26 Lass (4)
28 Donkey (3)
CRYPTIC Across: 3, CL-asp 8, Ro-to-R 10, Yah-OO 11, Owl 12, Tammy 13, Az-al-E-as 15, B-esom 18, In-k 19, Poetry 21, Fed-era-l 22, Teas 23, F-in-o 24, Punster 26, Ar-a-RA-t 29, LI-E 31, Lilac 32, Send for 34, Pi-e-ty 35, E-RR 36, Plain 37, Try on 38, Do-U-ro.
Down: 1, Booze 2, F-O-L-lies 4, Leas 5, Symbol 6, Pa-ye-E 7, Mo-T-or 9, Twa(-in) 12, Take out 14, End 16, Stair 17, My-Ron 19, Parsley 20, Steal 21, Fat-Al 23, Feeders 24, Pacino 25, Tin 27, Rif-L-e 28, Rapid 30, Co-r-ot 32, Stir(-fry) 33, (stir)Fry.
EASY Across: 3, Cheap 8, Set up 10, Valid 11, Lot 12, Widen 13, Popular 15, Nears 18, Rag 19, Sullen 21, Neptune 22, Eros 23, Fair 24, Display 26, Lentil 29, Pat 31, Mason 32, Revenue 34, Anger 35, Fin 36, Dense 37, Dupes 38, Trade.
Down: 1, Melon 2, Sutures 4, Hair 5, Avenue 6, Panel 7, Litre 9, Top 12, Wagtail 14, Lap 16, Allay 17, Snare 19, Snapper 20, Realm 21, Nouns 23, Fateful 24, Dinner 25, Lav 27, Eager 28, Toast 30, Tunes 32, Rend 33, Nip.
BACK PAGE Across: 4, Sapid 7, Asleep 9, Fad 10, Gem 12, Folly 13, Tend 15, Refer 17, Deride 19, Easy 20, Scene 22, Ill 24, Tattled 27, Lea 28, Arena 31, Skua 33, Atoned 35, Siren 37, Wilt 38, Crass 39, Dub 41, Elk 42, Severe 43, Plate.
Down: 1, Cactus 2, Blonde 3, Peg 4, Safe 5, Adore 6, Illusion 8, Peri 11, Meditated 14, Dent 16, Fell 18, Real 21, Cockerel 23, Lean 25, Tear 26, Drew 29, Edited 30, Anthem 32, Asset 34, Onus 36, Isle 40, Bet.