CROSSWORDS:

CRYPTIC Across:

3, Staff 8, At war 10, Oakum 11, Ran 12, S-nort 13, Contact

15, Me-R-it 18, Era (are) 19, Easily 21, Pretext

22, O-pen 23, Dire 24, De-voted 26, Draper

29, S-OS 31, Silas 32, Re-tired 34, Livid 35,

Gap 36, Never 37, Angle 38, Serge.

Down: 1, Strop 2, Lantern 4, Tint 5, Format 6, Fates 7, Pupil 9, W-an 12, Scatter 14, Are 16, Rigid 17, Types 19, Exposed 20, Woods 21, Pedal 23, Designs 24, De-sire 25, Tot (rev.) 27, R-I-L-ed 28, P-ales 30, Re-p-ly 32, Ring 33, Rag. QUICK

Across: 3, Trier, 8, Woman, 10, Divan, 11, Tag, 12, Acrid, 13, Methane, 15, Tepid, 18, Din, 19, Morose, 21, Samovar, 22, Load,

23, Cede, 24, Regular,

26, Abided, 29, Rap, 31, Renal, 32, Legible, 34, Tales, 35, Tut, 36, Stout, 37, Wages, 38, Means. Down: 1, Noted, 2, Baghdad, 4, Rice, 5, Editor, 6, Rider, 7, Basis, 9, Mat, 12, Annoyed, 14, Aim,

16, Poser, 17, Defer, 19, Matures, 20, Altar, 21, Satin, 23, Capital, 24, Relate, 25, Lag, 27, Beats, 28, Datum, 30, Alter, 32, Lean, 33, Bug.