DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

1 Asian river (6)

7 Wide view (8)

8 Couch (4)

10 Banish (6)

11 Tiny (6)

14 Girl’s name (3)

16 Herb (5)

17 Active (4)

19 Oval nut (5)

21 Deadly (5)

22 Filleted (5)

23 Manufactured (4)

26 Wall painting (5)

28 Thus (3)

29 Handsome youth (6)

30 Throughout (6)

31 Interpret (4)

32 Badges of office (8)

33 Noisy breathing (6)

DOWN

1 Move smoothly (6)

2 Dismal (6)

3 Quarrel (4)

4 Funny (7)

5 Fact (5)

6 Refuge (5)

8 Box, in training (4)

9 Cook in oil (3)

12 Religious sister (3)

13 Timorous (5)

15 Discourage (5)

18 Haughty (5)

19 Cooking vessel (3)

20 Bounder (3)

21 Leafage (7)

22 Forbid (3)

23 Illusion (6)

24 Corrosive

substance (4)

25 Railway locomotive (6)

26 Sorcery (5)

27 Perch (5)

28 Prosecute (3)

30 Tie (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 It has a gentle wriggle (6)

7 Not an RAF weapon, though it’s built

into the plane (8)

8 Highly regarded part of Caerphilly (4)

10 We may take the seal to be another

animal altogether (6)

11 Be emphatic about the pressure (6)

14 Very hot and bothered at last (3)

16 In more or less chaotic stage parts! (5)

17 Pays unfairly and cries! (4)

19 He partners ‘12 Down’ in the Bible (5)

21 Historic air liner still possibly seen in

the sky (5)

22 To a youngster it can mean something

extra (3-2)

23 Figure the short answer to be

‘trucks’ (4)

26 A cry, little lady, a cry of pain! (5)

28 Ask humbly to avoid answering a

question? (3)

29 The former fellow’s probably

retired (3,3)

30 It’s a case of ‘when you win, you lose’ (6)

31 Social crawlers robbing peasants

of food (4)

32 It’s done when there’s a blast of fresh air

in an open vehicle (8)

33 Be a recruit in the possibly silent

service (6)

DOWN

1 Island at the point of no return (6)

2 Appearances can be deceptive, I guess (6)

3 Thanks for the fifty quid – I can hardly

believe it! (4)

4 Dance led by a hunted animal at an

easy pace (7)

5 New way to make love (by the book) (5)

6 Something ‘see through’ (5)

8 Keep talking pluckily? (4)

9 Was in front for less than the whole

distance (3)

12 Had he the right to do wrong? (3)

13 Young girl between six and nine

initially (5)

15 Uncle’s about to sum up (5)

18 She just has time for a shower (5)

19 Beethoven’s fifth opus is a dance! (3)

20 A salesman of fireplaces? (3)

21 They’re too afraid of the farm animals at

the sides of a road (7)

22 The man from the Ministry of

Transport? (3)

23 Did such virgins employ valets? (6)

24 Not all the ravages are due to time! (4)

25 Chaste sort of animal unlike

‘22 Down’ (3-3)

26 Quiet piece of computer equipment (5)

27 Office work for the new maid at the

Nag’s Head (5)

28 It’s been mispronounced, this

container (3)

30 Driven crazy by closing time! (4)