TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Fruit (5)
6 Noise (5)
9 Twilight (7) 10 Condition (5) 11 Attentive (5) 12 Swinging blow (5) 13 Makes safe (7)
15 Digit (3)
17 Cultivated yield (4) 18 Fame (8)
19 Minded (5)
20 Band of fabric (6) 22 Pain (4)
24 Letter (3)
25 Cut drastically (7) 26 Caledonians (5)
27 Fine silk Muslim (5) 28 Swell out (5)
29 Most favourable (7) 30 Valuable possession (5) 31 Large farmyard birds (5)
DOWN
2 Comedians’ chat (6) 3 Abates (4,2)
4 Day before (3) 5 Chews at (5)
6 Broke (7)
7 Watch amorously (4) 8 Thin (6)
12 Type of car (5) 13 Frighten (5)
14 Hair dressing aids (5) 15 Portable light (5) 16 Finished (5) 18 Staggers (5)
19 Notion (7) 21 Publishes (6)
22 Take for granted (6) 23 Field enclosures (6) 25 Unsightly mark (5) 26 Blackthorn fruit (4) 29 Insect (3)
ACROSS
1 Jack’s bank on the street (5)
6 A trick dismissal (5)
9 Liked turning up in a Polar setting (7) 10 Like certain (outwardly any) young man
(5)
11 Mark 20 (5)
12 Trust in Adam (5)
13 Boxing angles? (7)
15 Commit crime, nominally (3)
17 Give time to return (4)
18 Move lower down the rank! (5)
19 Causes agitation in prisons? (5)
20 Some sap in World War 1, perhaps (8) 22 Closely examine the cause of deranged
fits (4)
24 Knighted teacher? (3)
25 There’s nothing brotherly about them (7) 26 It’s clear a learner’s in trouble (5) 27 Unwrapped bread, possibly (5)
28 Stand holding up a board (5) 30 Requested a portion of Vera’s kedgeree
(5)
31 A he bear (5)
DOWN
2 Payment exacted from the Romans? (6) 3 A short dash (6)
4 Are dogs not the real thing? (3)
6 — in a game (7)
7 Curved place of parchment (4) 8 Incentive for Jasper, we hear (6)
12 It may come forth from beer (5) 13 Coins in decent supply (5)
14 A large “flower” (5)
15 Miss Lee, the tea girl? (5)
16 Flogs a wild beast (5)
18 Run away from soldiers amid much
glamour (5)
19 Reproved for spreading Ed’s cold? (7) 21 Sheridan’s competitors? (6)
22 Punish, German style (6)
23 Possible finder of an ally (6)
25 Billy’s nonsense rhyme (5) 26 Trumpeter’s name (4)
28 Newt left headless (3)
CRYPTIC PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Martin; 7, After all; 8, Bari; 10, Propel; 11, Je-St-er; 14, Rod; 16, Fists; 17, Duet; 19, Sat-in; 21, Habi-t; 22, Latin; 23, Mary; 26, Miser; 28, Pan; 29, Others; 30, Coster; 31, Opts; 22, Horseman; 33, Struck.
DOWN: 1, Mopped; 2, Teapot; 3, Nail; 4, Benefit; 5, Parts (rev); 6, Slurs; 8, Bore; 9, Red; 12, Sin; 13, Ether; 15, Ca-bi-n; 18, Unf-it; 19, Sat; 20, Tin; 21, Harrier; 22, Le-E; 23, Master; 24, Ants; 25, Yor-IC-k; 26, Moths; 27, Shirt; 28, Pop; 30, Cons., .
EASY PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Charge; 7, Vagabond; 8, Ache; 10, Banker; 11, Sparse; 14, Ten; 16, Inter; 17, Diet; 19, Print; 21, Being; 22, Capon; 23, Card; 26, Pleas; 28, Per; 29, Hearty; 30, Sentry; 31, Oats; 32, Splinter; 33, Exempt. .
DOWN: 1, Combed; 2, Racket; 3, Ever; 4, Camping; 5, Court; 6, Adder; 8, Ante; 9, Hen; 12, Ant; 13, Sever; 15, Prior, 18, Ingle; 19, Pep; 20, Inn; 21, Basting; 22, Car; 23, Centre; 24, Arts; 25, Dry-rot; 26, Phase; 27, Eagle; 28, Pea; 30, Sore. .