Evening Standard

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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EASY ACROSS

3 Javelin (5)

8 Dirty (5)

10 Cattle farm (5)

11 Glue (3)

12 Dance (5)

13 Natural surroundin­gs (7)

15 Tribunal (5)

18 Torn cloth (3)

19 Uproar (6)

21 Incomplete (7)

22 Agreement (4)

23 Hitch (4)

24 Surrendere­d (7)

26 Blunt weapon (6)

29 Merriment (3)

31 Spoor (5)

32 Rats (7)

34 Panache (5)

35 Intestine (3)

36 Christmas show (5)

37 Natives of Denmark (5)

38 Turnip variety (5)

DOWN

1 Sucrose (5)

2 Naval commander (7)

4 Fertiliser (4)

5 Cunning (6)

6 Shaving implement (5)

7 Happen (5)

9 Name (3)

12 Bird (7)

14 Pitch (3)

16 Circular (5)

17 Fuse (5)

19 Be deceived by (4,3)

20 Decree (5)

21 Bearlike mammal (5)

23 African country (7)

24 Colour (6)

25 Squib (3)

27 Of a town (5)

28 Presents (5)

30 Freshwater mammal (5)

32 Skin (4)

33 Religious sister (3)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

3 Omits to sleep surrounded by hissing noises (5)

8 Clean out the self-starter for a cash incentive (5)

10 Wounds with a wild thrust, almost (5)

11 Clean up quietly after an officer (3)

12 In Pilgrim’s Progress, a child (5)

13 Standing close, showing suppressed resentment (7)

15 Various means of identifica­tion (5)

18 Regret being less than true (3)

19 Serial heard at breakfast perhaps (6)

21 Get the wrong idea, Mrs! (7)

22 The horse trotted round the ring (4)

23 Crow in strange garb (4)

24 In an unmentiona­ble way? (7)

26 As paid for mixed spice around the end of the war? (6)

29 One of ten capped? (3)

31 Burns to start and finish seminars! (5)

32 Can be heard to click, or possibly give a scream! (7)

34 She gives a certain amount of discreet help (5)

35 It’s better to be under this than below it (3)

36 Strained at present? (5)

37 In extremes of penury, she always has something to eat (5)

38 A musical ornament (5)

DOWN

1 Too nervous to go flat out? (5)

2 As a treatment, it’s right for one beset by bad pains (7)

4 Prevented from being maintained? (4)

5 Called the doctor out for somebody (6)

6 An import brought back from Ragusa? (5)

7 Sailing east, perhaps, with heavy heart (2,3)

9 Almost torn up as mere rubbish (3)

12 People using elaborate phrases (7)

14 In disgust, he’s cut short (3)

16 Happy to be wrong, in my case (5)

17 Coshes slimy pests! (5)

19 Very good money (7)

20 Goes like happy little girls on excursions (5)

21 For a month, she has a first class return (5)

23 A worn radio receiver (7)

24 One trying to get the street rebuilt? (6)

25 He may be beside himself when beaten! (3)

27 Do something repulsive (5)

28 At the top, the Conservati­ve leader needs a break (5)

30 Big money for new gear (5)

32 A mildly electrifyi­ng cello piece? (4)

33 An urchin has it with a muffin (3)

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