DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS 1 Hooded snake (5)

6 Iron alloy (5)

9 Fundamental

nature (7)

10 Ceases (5)

11 Speak (5)

12 Fiend (5)

13 French bean (7)

15 Weir (3)

17 Water jug (4)

18 Confuse (6)

19 Not drunk (5)

20 Fabric (6)

22 2nd Greek letter (4)

24 Edible tuber (3)

25 Crucial (7)

26 Man’s name (5)

27 Informed (5)

28 Brimless cap (5)

29 Stifle (7)

30 Concur (5)

31 1000 kilograms (5)

DOWN

2 Ban (6)

3 Mend (6)

4 Donkey (3)

5 Belief (5)

6 Child’s vehicle (7)

7 Aquatic bird (4)

8 Crowd actors (6)

12 Giver (5)

13 Not light (5)

14 Kingdom (5)

15 Continental quilt (5)

16 Award (5)

18 Contradict (5)

19 Paramount (7)

21 Insect (6)

22 Spanish dance (6)

23 Inn (6)

25 Ski slope (5)

26 Gaelic (4)

28 Wager (3)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Spirit, yes, but not much of

a chance! (5)

6 Like the look of, for no plain reason (5)

9 It’s prudent to be endlessly polite,

I see (7)

10 Hotel cabbage? (5)

11 Where people finish up for assault

and battery (5)

12 Five-day trials? (5)

13 The old fools made gibes about

a saint (7)

15 Thanks a lot for very little! (3)

17 But commonly halved (4)

18 Sad, and apt to become more so (6)

19 Jonas, maybe, or David (5)

20 A piano with a bell-like sound,

has charm (6)

22 Nothing goes with a bit of fish like a

nice dry sherry! (4)

24 He’s round the bend, just a shade! (3)

25 It involves a big bill for fish (7)

26 Noise from the pipes (5)

27 Condescend to get a new post round

the job centre (5)

28 Figure a complaint to be general (5)

29 Sold a line to the ultimate buyer

in private (7)

30 Leave art out of this special talk (5)

31 In which to read that a setback is out

of order? (5)

DOWN

2 Paradise is a safe harbour out East (6)

3 If you want to be flashy, look around for a bit of a snorter! (6)

4 To you, initially, it’s not the real thing (3)

5 Figures in court (5)

6 The writing of most notifications, novelly (7)

7 As experts, they’re well served (4)

8 In most cases, Maria had everything (6)

12 Industrial experiment? (5)

13 John, upset about an article in

a book (5)

14 In Oslo, perhaps, a ramp (5)

15 The best piece of fiction is apt to be discussed (5)

16 He has a fiendish way of working in a haunt of vice (5)

18 Officer on the phone for a place to stay (5)

19 It’s a lot of money for a tar vessel (7)

21 Quietly mention the club (6)

22 Marriageable character in opera (6)

23 Motherly character (6)

25 The loftiness of Leo’s lot? (5)

26 Doubly fair? (2-2)

28 Old soldier possibly barked at? (3)