DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

1 Begs (6)

7 Precise (8)

8 Banner (4)

10 Flatfish (6)

11 Death (6)

14 Permit (3)

16 Wild (5)

17 Notified (4)

19 Refute (5)

21 Student (5)

22 Stinking (5)

23 Make beer (4)

26 Unit of gold

purity (5)

28 Ocean (3)

29 Planet (6)

30 Native American (6)

31 Not early (4)

32 Wait patiently (3,5)

33 Heavily

decorated (6)

DOWN

1 Marionette (6)

2 United (6)

3 Savant (4)

4 Melodious (7)

5 Long-snouted mammal (5)

6 Gem (5)

8 Drop (4)

9 Perform (3)

12 Encountered (3)

13 Ointment (5)

15 Lukewarm (5)

18 Academy Award (5)

19 Groove (3)

20 Offer (3)

21 Flower (7)

22 Supporter (3)

23 Defeated (6)

24 Speed contest (4)

25 Noisy breathing (6)

26 Blaspheme (5)

27 Irritable (5)

28 Health resort (3)

30 Singing voice (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Father of a cowboy? (6)

7 Attention given to a musical

composition on the phone (8)

8 It has four legs, but goes on

one foot (4)

10 Was unable to pass on what one

had learned (6)

11 Objected to an early start in changing

the guard (6)

14 Arrange to eat something

vegetarian (3)

16 Peevish about England’s cricket

performance? (5)

17 The ship had cast off (4)

19 Old Nick wouldn’t stand for one! (5)

21 Stuff found in an aquiline nose (5)

22 Take a ride to get thoroughly

dried out (5)

23 Put your foot in the WPB (4)

26 A horse, as in an instance of

backing? (5)

28 Dog with a curious head? (3)

29 King who was hard-hearted when

badly hurt? (6)

30 When a girl embraces a youth,

there’s trouble (6)

31 The type to appreciate an elaborately

ornate tray? (4)

32 Bell ringers’ bloomers? (8)

33 Start a fire, of a sort, for the French (6)

DOWN

1 Vessels to credit with being potentially

fast? (6)

2 When pawed, Maud went about half

a mile! (6)

3 Just what you want when heartlessly

nettled! (4)

4 Ancient skill in bridge (7)

5 Like Aphrodite, she has a heavenly body (5)

6 Too thin and weak to help in the garden? (5)

8 It’s within me to be as a tiny child (4)

9 Some green, fertile area (3)

12 Information with a degree of urgency (3)

13 Study of Chopin, say? (5)

15 Dance, possibly whacked (5)

18 Hang around near Brighton, at the

railhead (5)

19 Teacher is wrong on a third of basic

subjects (3)

20 Chap hunted by a barbarian? (3)

21 Form of service arranged for the guilty

around mid-afternoon (7)

22 A quiet sort of blonde? (3)

23 His lady is sweet and has taste (6)

24 A receptacle to sing about, wandering? (4)

25 At church, note, a reformed spy is just a

human soul (6)

26 For this group, it’s cold in the bath! (5)

27 It’s bound to have maps (5)

28 One polished with endless care? (3)

30 Many call for cover (4)