DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

1 Cope (6)

7 Sweet on a stick (8)

8 Minerals (4)

10 Disregard (6)

11 Photographer’s

device (6)

14 Vehicle (3)

16 Manservant (5)

17 Elderly (4)

19 Golf term (5)

21 Lid (5)

22 Tag (5)

23 Cast off (4)

26 Insurgent (5)

28 Pastry dish (3)

29 Skilful (6)

30 Leave (6)

31 Parched (4)

32 Insolvent (8)

33 Reaping hook (6)

DOWN

1 Harbour (6)

2 Overseas (6)

3 Otherwise (4)

4 Meataxe (7)

5 Glib talk (5)

6 Small fish (5)

8 Formerly (4)

9 Make mistakes (3)

12 Month (3)

13 Extravaganza (5)

15 Peace birds (5)

18 Gluttony (5)

19 Hairstyle (3)

20 Congeal (3)

21 Ability, distinction (7)

22 Star sign (3)

23 Italian island (6)

24 Principal (4)

25 Clear a river (6)

26 Synagogue minister (5)

27 Trademark (5)

28 Standard (3)

30 Liquid containers (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Unimportant point elaborately made

by the Tory leader (6)

7 Where to learn a beastly game and

give people the blues? (8)

8 Oversupply from the East (4)

10 It’s the new taxes (6)

11 A blow for the devil to strike! (6)

14 Even disfigured! (3)

16 Friendly with a soft associate (5)

17 Many have to be cut short (4)

19 Politicians whose pay is about

right (5)

21 The dramatic parts (5)

22 He joined what was cut (5)

23 Went down and around the

South Bank (4)

26 Fruit of which there’s a bad loss

out East (5)

28 If returning at midnight, there’s not a

lot to eat (3)

29 Fear of starting trouble by mistake (6)

30 Reckon you can make a centrifuge,

given a little money! (6)

31 Eagle of western Europe (4)

32 Renew or place a tax on initiating

enterprises (8)

33 An element of fishiness? (6)

DOWN

1 Something for the twins to beat? (3-3)

2 Her mate’s a real show-off! (6)

3 Digits possibly set around zero (4)

4 Suggests involving a politician in

arranging sport (7)

5 That’s right – I have to give a hand (5)

6 A wealthy JP (5)

8 To a point, it has a certain amount

of taste (4)

9 A number of late nights (3)

12 In ‘16 Across’, it’s about £50 (3)

13 Downhearted jester! (5)

15 Nominally half a mile in a taxi (5)

18 She’s not well oiled! (5)

19 Initially, an incarcerated ex-fighter (3)

20 Fire department colour (3)

21 Swear, as lovers, to be reunited to the

end of time (7)

22 Due to that woman, the washer

was missing! (3)

23 Does it mean Sarah’s consumed

gin unwisely? (6)

24 Being last in the League can make

one shiver! (4)

25 One retaining a clean sheet? (6)

26 Look in the likeliest areas (5)

27 Ape or nag, possibly (5)

28 It grows in the south of Ireland (3)

30 What people pay in coffee shops (4)