DOUBLE CROSSWORD
EASY ACROSS
1 Traitor (5)
6 Condition (5)
9 Expands (7)
10 Exclusive story (5)
11 Undressed (5)
12 Javelin (5)
13 Vacation (7)
15 Swindle (3)
17 Unfortunately (4)
18 Spanish dance (6)
19 Scornful
expression (5)
20 Belief (6)
22 Destiny (4)
24 That woman (3)
25 Naval commander (7)
26 Sieves (5)
27 Aromatic herb (5)
28 Blowy (5)
29 Harms (7)
30 Person with
leprosy (5)
31 Topic (5)
DOWN
2 Unsophisticated (6)
3 Handsome youth (6)
4 Drink gingerly (3)
5 Diaper (5)
6 Statesman (7)
7 Tyrant (4)
8 Nervous quiver (6)
12 Holy person (5)
13 Trapdoor (5)
14 Light beer (5)
15 Tree (5)
16 Original (5)
18 Curves (5)
19 Resembling (7)
21 Refund (6)
22 End (6)
23 Bicycle for two (6)
25 Book of maps (5)
26 Flank (4)
28 Moisten (3)
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Being lazy, lacks organisation (5)
6 The feeling that an old barbarian went
to church (5)
9 It’s on the wing (7)
10 A bit detached (5)
11 The power that gives an
aircraft height (5)
12 For me to be in bed is something
heavenly (5)
13 A blooming beginner! (7)
15 It’s said to conceal itself (3)
17 Being milky means nothing, mate (4)
18 One getting a kick out of betting (6)
19 It’s a very short distance to one
Italian city (5)
20 Complained a good bit, with
foolish pride (6)
22 The Spanish live on water! (4)
24 He has a way with a female (3)
25 It’s like teacher going round sorting
the mail (7)
26 Dash from one figure to another! (5)
27 In Roman numerals, there’s
nothing funny! (5)
28 Somewhat curt because shy? (5)
29 She gives her boy a misleading
statement (7)
30 Equable woman twice left out (5)
31 Something less like a lobster, more like
a shrimp (5)
DOWN
2 Personal computer apt to cut out? (6)
3 Claret blending combine? (6)
4 Christopher has it at the weekend (3)
5 Great, maybe, but he took
punishment (5)
6 A success at baseball (7)
7 One superior form of tin (4)
8 Stick together as a company, in
this case (6)
12 He aims for the heart (5)
13 Hooligan on the golf course? (5)
14 A bad stain in fabric (5)
15 Bikini, for instance, at a high price (5)
16 One who won’t give up being testy? (5)
18 Dad taking a bit of a risk
with capital (5)
19 May be claimed to be good for what
ails you (7)
21 Detach the form (6)
22 In there, perhaps, one offers
a choice (6)
23 A saloon fracas somewhere
up North (6)
25 Outer coat, perhaps, used by Argus (5)
26 A gold one, I’d be possessive about! (4)
28 Take a little drink (3)
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