PRIZE CROSSWORD
For this puzzle we’ve provided two sets of clues, each giving the same answers. One set of clues is cryptic, one set is quick. It’s a good way to hone your skills, because it gives you two ways to crack the crossword! Two winners will be chosen randomly from all entries (cryptic and quick clues). So whichever set of clues you follow you have an equal chance of winning!
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Is concerned about one form of tooth
decay (6)
4 Breaking the code? Fantastic! (8)
8 Boy band we felt is in need of a change (8)
9 Take a look at bird (6)
10, 2 Down Not made aware of how mushrooms are best cultivated? (4, 2, 3, 4)
11 The PM is a terrific colleague to have on board (8)
14 Friendly question about my capability? (7)
16 Sailor in southern city having a day of rest (7) 18 Nicked novel by Sweden’s No 1 author (7)
20 Sue’s going back round South American port
in earnest (7)
22 Invigorate troops before attack (8)
24 Deaf ol’ Keith’s clan (4)
26 Girl samples Bengali songs (6)
27 Anti-Royalist commander imprisons king
successfully (8)
28 Royal address up in the mountains, close to
Scottish loch (8)
29 Making an effort is difficult (6) DOWN
1 Hood acceptable to Moscow ladies (4)
2 See 10 Across
3 Fast-moving bird (5)
4 Food he consumed in church at beginning and end of service (6)
5 Vice president’s starter topped with shellfish (5)
6 Jones’s US state? (7)
7 Bed wetter? (6, 4)
12 I’m taking a long time to produce picture (5) 13 A sprint for the less hirsute? Rubbish! (10)
15 Enrol confused friendless person? (5)
17 Track bid lawyer redrafted (9)
19 Riding bike beyond outskirts of city – hold
tight! (7)
21 For receivers of stolen goods, these are
barriers (6)
23 Do sailors come together below a deck? (5) 24 Part played by David Jason (Sir David!) (5) 25 With which to shoot a garden pest? (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Bone decay (6)
4 Wallace and Gromit’s - - Contraptions, animated series (8)
8 Irish boy band which reunited last year (8)
9 Male goose (6)
10, 2 Down Not informed
(4, 2, 3, 4)
11 One of a crew (8)
14 Pleasant (7)
16 Seventh day of the
week (7)
18 Charles - - -, Oliver Twist
author (7)
20 Grave (7)
22 - - - one’s batteries, rest (8) 24 Music genre (4)
26 - - - Steadman, Abigail’s
Party actress (6)
27 Oliver - - -, Puritan leader (8) 28 Royal title (8)
29 Sampling (6) DOWN
1 Monk’s hood (4)
2 See 10 Across
3 Quick (5)
4 Gouda or taleggio, eg (6)
5 Fasten (5) 6 America’s Hoosier state (7) 7 Plant-watering aid (6, 4)
12 Vision, idea (5)
13 Nonsense (10)
15 Solitary person (5) 17 Path suitable for
horses (9)
19 Chris Froome’s
sport (7)
21 Duels with an
épée (6)
23 Decorate (5)
24 Icy dew (5)
25 Terrestrial mollusc (4)