TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Dry piece of bread (5) 6 Apply medication (5) 9 Inflict pain (7) 10 Athletic pursuit (5) 11 Caper (5) 12 Unyielding (5)
13 Took as one’s own(7) 15 Feminine pronoun (3) 17 Waterbound land (4) 18 Enumerates (6) 19 Fossil resin (5) 20 Sweethearts (6) 22 District (4)
24 Day before (3) 25 Bondage (7)
26 Canvas shelters (5) 27 Hanging tapestry (5) 28 Aromatic plant (5) 29 Gazing fixedly (7) 30 Volumes (5) 31 Inclines (5)
DOWN
2 Swift part of river (6) 3 Coloured band (6) 4 Dram (3)
5 Sedate (5)
6 Betrayer (7)
7 Rip (4)
8 Dismount (6)
12 Large quantities of
paper (5)
13 Path between pews (5) 14 Oily fruit (5)
15 Sleep noisily (5) 16 School composition
(5)
18 Prison rooms (5) 19 Takes into custody (7) 21 Go too far (6) 22 Vindicate (6) 23 Rubbed out (6) 25 Tempest (5)
26 Job in hand (4) 28 Insect (3)
ACROSS 1 Ascot on sea? (5)
6 Very deep Verdi composition?(5)
9 Chivalrous young fellow in pain (7)
10 Animal with handlebars? (5)
11 They’ve been jocularly to nurse their bawbees (5) 12 It’s a snag when Alfred has no bird (5)
13 Strong, meaty parts (7)
15 A taste from the siphon (3)
17 One of the architect’s over-heads (4)
18 Not the only sort of jump in athletics (6)
19 Mostly uncooked beef (5)
20 Swiss cottage (6)
22 Part of Somerset (4)
24 Jump on a vine (3)
25 To take an MP in is relatively easy (7)
26 Sent by the wind to the north (5)
27 A trinket one came to love (5)
28 He is back in the lab, maybe (5)
29 Team whose victory the Dons are upset about! (7) 30 Hates rearranged races (5)
31 Shining like a transformed Olga West (5)
DOWN
2 Travelling ahead to an ancient city (2,4)
3 Strange cheeps many may hear (6)
4 Salt extra starch (3)
5 Where capitalists shuffle around in pairs? (5) 6 Make out that the cinders have been sifted (7) 7 Go slowly and not far (4)
8 Bring on some wild Orientals (6)
12 The courage in every one of us (5)
13 The game’s the same (5)
14 Conflict a bit (5)
15 A centre there may be a film about (5)
16 Blue boy? (5)
18 Mark, possibly a twin (5)
19 Those by a roaring fire? (7)
21 He can manage a chore (6)
22 Jumped when old Bob had a plane crash! (6)
23 As a doctor could he be a bit of a comedian? (6) 25 Fairground music? (5)
26 The finest thing is to be a saint (4)
28 Feathered snake? (3)
EASY PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Mange; 6, Shied; 9, Avarice; 10, Apple; 11, Relay; 12, Tweed; 13, Gaseous; 15, Dew; 17, Army; 18, Impede; 19, Debts; 20, Neared; 22, Burr; 24, Tar; 25, Sheeted; 26, Misty; 27, Fired; 28, Super; 29, Removes; 30, Egged; 31, Welsh.
DOWN: 2, Appear; 3, Galley; 4, Eve; 5, Crows; 6, Screams; 7, Heed; 8, Evaded; 12, Turned; 13, Gaunt; 14, Smear; 15, Debut; 16, Weird; 18, Itchy; 19, Decided; 21, Easing; 22, Bemuse; 23, Rebels; 25, Strop; 26, Mere; 28, Sew.
CRYPTIC PUZZLE
ACROSS: 1, Santa; 6, Pinch; 9, Uncove-r; 10, Story; 11, Rifle; 12, Maths; 13, Su-rina-m; 15, Pip; 17, Prop; 18, Spruce; 19, Johns; 20, Choker; 22, Cull; 24, Eat; 25, Scrapes; 26, Stock; 27, Taste; 28, Study; 29, Arsenal; 30, Pairs; 31, Perry.
DOWN: 2, Ar-Thur; 3, Turnip; 4, Any; 5, Bo-Iam; 6, Perhaps; 7, Iris; 8, Cel-tic; 12, Major; 13, Space; 14, Robot; 15, Put up; 16, Peels (rev); 18, Snac-k; 19, Je-Sters; 21, Havana; 22, Cattle; 23, Leader; 25, Screw; 26, Star; 28, Sap.