TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
1 Medieval clown (6) 7 Forefather (8) 8 Sparkling wine (4) 10 Human being (6) 11 John.. . .former Beatle (6)
14 Large beer cask (3) 16 Inflexible (5)
17 Get up (4)
19 Take illegally (5) 21 Essential (5) 22 Afterwards (5) 23 Flower plots (4) 26 Weasel-like mammal (5)
28 Colour (3)
29 Recluse (6)
30 Penalise (6)
31 Single entity (4) 32 Protective clothing (8) 33 Gretel’s fairy-tale partner (6)
DOWN
1 Pullover (6)
2 Paper handkerchief (6) 3 Precipitation (4)
4 More than a few (7) 5 Cause sharp pain (5) 6 Fashion (5)
8 Painting, drama, etc (4) 9 Unit of weight (3) 12 Nothing (3) 13 Lubricated (5)
15 Speak (5)
18 Very angry (5)
19 Be seated (3) 20 Hearing organ (3) 21 Papal palace (7) 22 Thrash, commonly (3) 23 Genial (6)
24 Prepare for publication (4)
25 Educational establishment (6)
26 Fire a weapon (5) 27 Command (5) 28 Move quickly (3) 30 Shove (4)
ACROSS
41 Bustle around in no obvious way (6)
7 Defeat a fancied Dutchman! (8)
8 New mode of architecture (4)
10 To call it a runner would be a bloomer (6) 11 Could they brighten up the butcher’s? (6) 14 Pounds, for example, of beef (3)
16 Judges on animal on points (5)
17 Nominal food? (4)
19 The trunks of some boy with a name Les (5) 21 Central Anglo-Saxon king? (5)
22 Helped someone, i.e. dad, perhaps (5)
23 At which time to point to a bird (4) 26 Sustenance for males (5)
28 Game for a learner to love doubly (3)
29 They made history by degrees (6)
30 Resign as a performer (6)
31 The chances of getting a funny letter (4)
32 It’s played by the C.O. on the cornet possibly! (8) 33 Possibly a burnt length of cloth (6)
1 Allow to be in pain? (6)
2 It’s often thrust into the bed (6)
3 Always the day before the end of the year (4) 4 Gentlemen who use much paper (7)
5 The correct way (5)
6 Game set and match, possibly! (5)
8 Figure to be housed in a small way (4)
9 Female figure, for instance (3)
12 Cooking talk? (3)
13 Snappy contributions to better services (6) 15 It’s full of action, or possibly include poetry (5) 18 Frequently takes a bit of softening (5)
19 Offer to finish the job I had (3)
20 He’s right out of lard! (3)
21 Hands played by skinflints out East? (7) 22 Person left the lot (3)
23 It’s a marvel, having triumphed and turned red (6)
24 Animals on the road ? (4)
25 Wisdom, nominally? (6)
26 Stolen weeks? (5)
27 Aunt’s torment (5)
28 Glider cockpit cover? (3)
30 So half a boot is black (4)
ACROSS; 4, Nobody; 7, Stow-away; 8, Lather; 10, Again; 13, Moth; 14, Ming; 15, Mint; 16, Fee; 17, Lean; 19, Arid; 21, Companion; 23, Boob; 24, Rung; 26, Hat, 27, Aden; 29, Uses; 32, Glut; 33, Petal; 34, Gleams; 35, Talisman; 36, Steady.
1, Islam; 2, Wogan; 3, Dawn; 4, Nylon; 5, Bath; 6, Deemed; 9, Attain; 11, Gin; 12, Igloo;13, Minerate; 15, Map, 16, Fin; 18, Embalm; 20, Rogue; 21, Cot; 22, Nun; 23, Ballet; 25, Sea; 28, Dusty; 30, Stamp; 31, Slant; 32, Gala; 33, Prim.
4, Carrie(carry); 7, Carniva-1; 8, AwaRds; 10, Mills; 13, G-irl; 14, Polo; 15, SE-MI; 16, Tap; 17, Cain (cane); 19, Soon; 21, Car-pent-ry; 23, Gala; 24, R-as-p; 26, Sap; 27, G-R-ay; 29, Evil; 32, Pool; 33, Enemy (at the Door); 34, Piping; 35, Extended; 36, Letter.
1, Sca-MP; 2, Drill; 3, Miss; 4, Cl-aim; 5, Real; 6, Indian (file); 9, Wrists; 11, lon; 12, Local (Hero); 13, General; 15, Si-p; 16, Toy; 18, Aragon; 20, Orpen; 21, Cap; 22, N-ay; 23, Gam-in-e; 25, AI-M; 28, Roger; 30, Verdi; 31, L-ynda; 32, Pint; 33, Eyes.