DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

3 Swindle (5)

8 Nobleman (5)

10 Spools (5)

11 Friend (3)

12 Person (5)

13 From the side (7)

15 Contradict (5)

18 Young fox (3)

19 Changes (6)

21 Afternoon show (7)

22 Assist in a crime (4)

23 Unconscious state (4)

24 Reveal (3,4)

26 French stew (6)

29 Transgression (3)

31 Cookers (5)

32 Game of chance (7)

34 Thieve (5)

35 Land measure (3)

36 Skinflint (5)

37 Hotel patron (5)

38 Tantalise (5)

DOWN

1 Of the Pope (5)

2 Weasel-like

mammal (7)

4 Drag (4)

5 Suitable for crops (6)

6 Belief (5)

7 Natural ability (5)

9 Rodent (3)

12 Natural

surroundings (7)

14 Groove (3)

16 Fruit (5)

17 Prose composition (5)

19 Spray can (7)

20 Egypt’s capital (5)

21 Fuse (5)

23 Mythical creature (7)

24 Sheen (6)

25 Mine (3)

27 Bypass (5)

28 Beginning (5)

30 Not stale (5)

32 Striplings (4)

33 Before (3)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

3 Dutch town, or an urban

district in Goa? (5)

8 Harbour master? (5)

10 One on contract as a jockey? (5)

11 To close the shop is best (3)

12 A little lot, note (5)

13 Cute pal, perhaps, for Juliet’s father (7)

15 She looks a star (5)

18 Careless enough to make half the

lads cross (3)

19 Though amused, maybe, she’d give a

chap a stony look! (6)

21 Clara, upset about Di being

extremist (7)

22 A look of amiable eroticism (4)

23 Alexander Graham? (4)

24 Pete, a courtly champion (7)

26 Warbeck made history by not quite

being king! (6)

29 Outboard propeller! (3)

31 Lease out equipment for artists (5)

32 Do drivers rush across it? (7)

34 Form of crane with a pearly look (5)

35 Now north of the border (3)

36 Living a teetotaller gets out

of betting (5)

37 On edge, she may be rolling about! (5)

38 The poetic William Butler (5)

DOWN

1 It’s necessary to give numerous thanks

to a novice (5)

2 Like father’s favourite? (7)

4 Ring up for some time, or

don’t bother (4)

5 It’s nonsense to say a doctor

may be evil (6)

6 Meant to show purpose to the Editor (5)

7 Courses in computing? (5)

9 Cut short, left work (3)

12 Like a wave from the crowd (7)

14 Chap from Lechlade (3)

16 Those artistically frolicking in

the dunes? (5)

17 Aunt who expects you to have a fling (5)

19 Centre for rustic dancing (7)

20 An inclination to buzz off (5)

21 Raises the children back at the bottom

of the class (5)

23 Bart, taking one in (7)

24 During wild gales, one gets fodder (6)

25 In prayer, he’s a shining example (3)

27 Being anxious, perhaps, spends much

time in hesitation (5)

28 Knowledgeable boy? (5)

30 One planted by a humble worker at the

very end? (5)

32 Worry about the guitar part (4)

33 Of German, nominally, as

Hindenburg had it (3)