DOUBLE CROSSWORD
EASY ACROSS
4 Cope (6)
7 Dreadful (8)
8 Lag behind (6)
10 In front (5)
13 Wither (4)
14 Inform (4)
15 Give out cards (4)
16 Cooking vessel (3)
17 Asian republic (4)
19 Golf club (4)
21 An intermediary (2-7)
23 Current events (4)
24 Facility (4)
26 Male cat (3)
27 Deserve (4)
29 Missing (4)
32 Pottery oven (4)
33 Garden flower (5)
34 Concluding part (6)
35 Military unit (8)
36 Discover (6)
DOWN
1 Swindle (5)
2 Thin porridge (5)
3 Not tame (4)
4 The press, television, etc. (5) 5 Amphibian (4)
6 Eight pints (6) 9 Confederates (6) 11 Farmyard bird (3) 12 Permit (5)
13 Horse opera (7)
15 Female deer (3)
16 Was victorious (3) 18 Descend by rope (6) 20 Spools (5)
21 Jewel (3)
22 Pallid (3)
23 Beginner (6)
25 Employ (3)
28 On one’s toes (5) 30 Different (5)
31 Veracity (5)
32 Cabbage variety (4) 33 Corrosive substance (4)
CRYPTIC ACROSS
4 Toured the long way round (6)
7 Poetic term for a smooth flow
of water (8)
8 At this age, you shouldn’t be doing this
on the motorway (6)
10 Figures to be possibly hot stuff (5)
13 One joining for a singular course? (4)
14 A flat stone and a hot one (4)
15 Lots seem to have gone astray! (4)
16 Do work that’s so sound! (3)
17 It has some taste,
wholesomeness, etc. (4)
19 Sharp one for certain investigators (4)
21 Vehicle usable as a tester for an
automobile (9)
23 Not much to pay for an exotic pose (4)
24 Star turn by rodents (4)
26 Short of correspondence last month (3)
27 In short, school work (4)
29 Unsuitable part you wouldn’t want to
get into (4)
32 Bound to have done equally well (4)
33 Could they fly to Canada? (5)
34 Turning up at church, the proverbially
poor are stony! (6)
35 Joint peacemaker at last! (8)
36 Good health can be encouraging (6)
DOWN
1 A seat in the upper chamber (5)
2 Show mounting ability to
progress (3,2)
3 Draw somewhat sketchily (4)
4 Do the French find him saintly and
patronising? (5)
5 Thank breathlessly for a container (4)
6 Released free when United get
it wrong! (6)
9 Perfect in diplomacy (6)
11 Record many an own goal (3)
12 They’re played in the
hottest summers (5)
13 Scowled when let down (7)
15 Protection from a terrible enemy (3)
16 How to address a dear fellow (3)
18 Running round the world is a subject of
interest outright! (6)
20 Social group using many a
blend of teas (5)
21 Really solid TV? (3)
22 Knock Pat up (3)
23 Stars in the field of agriculture? (6)
25 Is bound to be a bit hasty (3)
28 Growing evidence that Ed’s in the
reserves (5)
30 Quick way to get out of debt (5)
31 Strips off and goes back to sleep (5)
32 An occasion of being made to
leave the pub (4)
33 Colour of the greenfly’s outer parts (4)
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