DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

1 Debacle (6)

7 Disparage (8)

8 Card game (4)

10 Association (6)

11 Toil (6)

14 Joke (3)

16 Dawdle (5)

17 Tribe (4)

19 Bet (5)

21 Artificial

waterway (5)

22 Greek author (5)

23 Only (4)

26 Belonging to them (5)

28 Helmsman (3)

29 Floor of a fireplace (6)

30 Comfort (6)

31 Dutch cheese (4)

32 Trustworthy (8)

33 Handgun (6)

DOWN

1 Gambol (6)

2 Catchword (6)

3 Woodwind

instrument (4)

4 City fortress (7)

5 Backless seat (5)

6 Jaded (5)

8 Long story (4)

9 Drag (3)

12 Drinks counter (3)

13 Open sore (5)

15 Capital of Vietnam (5)

18 Supple (5)

19 Used to be (3)

20 Hiatus (3)

21 Sure (7)

22 Atmosphere (3)

23 Grinding teeth (6)

24 School test (4)

25 View (6)

26 Dense (5)

27 Edges of a roof (5)

28 Fish (3)

30 Ooze (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 This, and mortar, make a working

combination (6)

7 Scott’s novel way to hold a wild

revel (8)

8 Fine fabric, but it looks weak (4)

10 Possibly a curse from outer space? (6)

11 He keeps his uniform in a big box (6)

14 Some submarine trap? (3)

16 See poems as secret writings (5)

17 What a hen provides for a horse, in

certain ways? (4)

19 Hail with tears in one’s eyes? (5)

21 Excited when shot? (5)

22 Point a lot out, maybe, as sound (5)

23 Projection manager? (4)

26 Possibly partial provision for light

protection (5)

28 Figure modern times to be just

crazy (3)

29 Habituated to being ruined? (6)

30 Eccentric airman’s maid? (6)

31 One chap you could flatten! (4)

32 Diplomatic mission of a head of

government in a state of elation (8)

33 Don’t persist when a chap is on short

time (6)

DOWN

1 Follow us up in an absolute sense (6)

2 Signs of trouble started by experts (6)

3 Were in jug (4)

4 Cut in crude fashion by an editor (7)

5 Beg for people to finish in a home (5)

6 Wherein the cows get extras around

mid-afternoon? (5)

8 A breather (4)

9 Supplied the requirements of the

police? (3)

12 Tosh from a protester? (3)

13 Optical outcome of a wild stare? (5)

15 You need a good car when in France (5)

18 Not much of a grin, perhaps! (5)

19 Drink with some girls and a motherless

man (3)

20 It can easily get out of hand (3)

21 Nottingham’s wooded areas? (7)

22 To the ruling head, a high place (3)

23 Nobles at court out Hammersmith

way? (6)

24 The immortal love racket (4)

25 For a heavenly body’s space visitant, it’s

late in the day (6)

26 Clubhouse! (5)

27 Rush to get a letter to press (5)

28 Spoil master Rex? (3)

30 Watch your head! (4)