Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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ACROSS

1 Undress (5)

6 Lets fall (5)

9 Sleeping attire in short

(7)

10 Item of crockery (5) 11 Snake poison (5) 12 Loosened (5)

13 Lady (7)

15 Affirmativ­e answer (3) 17 Weapons (4) 18 Modern (6) 19 Attempts (5)

20 Sport (6)

22 Grain refuse (4) 24 Unhappy (3) 25 Schooled (7)

26 Tricks (5) 27 Blacksmith’s block (5) 28 Cut of meat (5) 29 Tiredness (7)

30 Viper (5)

31 Dress feathers (5)

DOWN

2 Bank clerk (6) 3 Buries (6)

4 Pastry dish (3) 5 Avoids (5)

6 Splits (7)

7 Long grass (4) 8 Shown to be true (6) 12 Employers (5) 13 Components (5) 14 Improve (5)

15 Long for (5) 16 Supporting frame (5) 18 Brings up (5) 19 Nominal (7) 21 Deserved (6)

22 Acrid (6)

23 Make grassy (6) 25 Lukewarm (5) 26 Abundant (4) 28 Dine (3)

ACROSS

1 It makes beastly toast! (5)

6 Have one’s home at a point in the valley (5)

9 Also a place in the field (7)

10 Witty rhyme for a song (5)

11 Figure to relax and stop (5)

12 Have an L of a time on the road? (5)

13 Far too much for Stan (7)

15 It goes to no ordinary person’s head (3)

17 I and another chap from a club (4)

18 Something to warm the ear?(6)

19 Twin, and uncle (5)

20 Avoids giving the Spanish fresh dues (6)

22 Over supply from a set source (4)

24 The way on from Rouen (3)

25 A rogue though helpful in chiropody (7) 26 Athenian with his own way (5)

27 A German diver! (1,4)

28 Game trophies? (5)

29 Was tickled by a strange huge lad (7)

30 Amusing doctor with some jollity (5)

31 Are they silly to fly? (5)

DOWN

2 Does he make only part of a coat by choice? (6)

3 A fighting move (6)

4 Not my worthy end! (3)

5 Is allowed to be dry land (5)

6 Criticises the fact that Des is out of rice, possibly (7) 7 Naval architect? (4)

8 He’s crazy to sell, that is (6)

12 We get dawson out of town! (5)

13 Drink outwardly prepared from rice (5)

14 A bad sport (5)

15 Traps possibly taking luggage (5)

16 Attempted some tricks to get the chap out (5) 18 Wild hour on the way to the lake (5)

19 The performanc­e of reassembli­ng a broken article (7)

21 Clumsy rubble shifter (6)

22 Stepped in to show ways out?(6)

23 May serve as desks for arithmetic (6)

25 Almost forget how to work metal (5)

26 Like that beanstalk story (4)

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EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, Shock; 6, Discs; 9, Rivulet; 10, Cabin; 11, Venue; 12, Idiom; 13, Repeats; 15, Act; 17, Odes; 18, Depths; 19, Share; 20, Astray; 22, Pier; 24, Nay; 25, Insects; 26, Sense; 27, Spool; 28, Stain; 29, Forsee; 30, Meaty; 31, Wrist.

DOWN: 2, Heaped; 3, Crimes; 4, Kin; 5, Funds; 6, Devotee; 7, Item; 8, Clutch; 12, Itchy; 13, Roman; 14, Petty; 15, Attic; 16, Tsars; 18, Drone; 19, Saveloy; 21, Sample; 22, Pester; 23, Ethics; 25, Islet; 26, Soft; 28, Sew.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS: 1, O-flag; 6, Reign; 9, Gum-boot; 10, Green; 11, Youth; 12, S-USA-N; 13, Di-stan-t; 15, But(t); 17, I-Des; 18, Strata; 19, Sp-I-cy; 20, Castle; 22, Su-re; 24, H-I-e; 25, Tripper; 26, Union; 27, AM-end; 28, Ma-GI-c; 29, Deficit; 30, End-O-R; 31, Aster.

DOWN: 2, For-bid; 3, A-gen-TS; 4, Gun; 5, AB-out; 6, Royalty; 7, Eton; 8, Get; 12, Snipe; 13, Ditch; 14, Sense; 15, Bac-up; 16, Taper; 18, Scorn; 19, Slander; 21, Airman; 22, Sprats; 23, Re-Sid-e; 25, Tonic; 26, UN-do; 28, Mia.

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