DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

4 Extend (6)

7 Capital of Finland (8)

8 Treat harshly (4,2)

10 Vagaries (5)

13 Playground (4)

14 Abominable

snowman (4)

15 Heap (4)

16 Levy (3)

17 Composition for

two (4)

19 Police spy (4)

21 Cowardly (9)

23 Money (4)

24 Bygone (4)

26 Limb (3)

27 Style (4)

29 Discharge (4)

32 Gravel (4)

33 Wear away (5)

34 Coercion (6)

35 Strangle (8)

36 Card suit (6)

DOWN

1 Ostentatious (5)

2 Braid (5)

3 Osculate (4)

4 Rope fibre (5)

5 Stink (4)

6 Waterproof (6)

9 Fashions (6)

11 That woman (3)

12 Legendary king (5)

13 Make quick light

taps (7)

15 Favourite (3)

16 Attempt (3)

18 Escorts (6)

20 Change (5)

21 Corgi (3)

22 Managed (3)

23 Flood (6)

25 Cover (3)

28 Inventories (5)

30 April (5)

31 Tent (5)

32 Equipment (4)

33 Cupid (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

4 Support for when you retire? (4-2)

7 Hijack the ferry? (4,4)

8 Daisy takes note of the time (6)

10 Broadly, open to offer odds at starting

price (5)

13 A fancy earpiece will not last long (4)

14 He has a record for service (4)

15 The dog, if upset, needs a word of

encouragement (4)

16 Inner part of a wrecked tug (3)

17 Music from Octopussy (4)

19 Convincing interpretation of Lear (4)

21 Gives one a start, perhaps, but just in

the Fens (9)

23 Gutsy pets? (4)

24 Could its heat melt a piece of toilet

soap? (4)

26 Complain constantly of a horse (3)

27 A basket you can pull right in (4)

29 The times when Erasmus didn’t get a

sum wrong (4)

32 Paint of many colours, perhaps? (4)

33 Fight and shout about what’s never

ending (5)

34 Mysterious officer commanding a

sect (6)

35 Tina’s upset when Eric’s naughty

– and very quickly! (2,1,5)

36 Intoxicated by initially big game (6)

DOWN

1 Store providing new hats at Ponders

End (5)

2 Ability to finish a task badly? (5)

3 He’s in jug (4)

4 A letter to interpret for money (5)

5 Cigarette holder, perhaps (4)

6 Handy source of fuel for us (6)

9 Loves what may be so dear (6)

11 Girl helping with the washing? (3)

12 In the direction of a harbour? (5)

13 If upset, cry, but you still have to

produce! (4,3)

15 A bad atmosphere (3)

16 It’s good when you talk! (3)

18 Character with one arm (6)

20 Invade some forbidden territory (5)

21 Is smoking it hard work? (3)

22 It can be played centre stage! (3)

23 Scrub Charlie clean, possibly (6)

25 Made sure to start washing up (3)

28 Correlation or arrangement of a trio (5)

30 In broadcasting, one enters a winding

road (5)

31 In the street, shelter from the rain and

snow (5)

32 In short, a mongrel has not much of a

tail (4)

33 Best system for gambling (4)