DOUBLE CROSSWORD
EASY ACROSS
8 Whet (7)
9 Tax on
documents (5,4)
13 Normal (5)
14 Snake (5)
15 Dried fruit (7)
16 Timid (7)
17 Of the nose (5)
18 Angry (5)
20 Elementary (5)
22 China clay (6)
23 Affront (6)
25 Oriental (7)
27 Sportsman (7)
30 Show (6)
31 Noiseless (6)
32 Bedtime drink (5)
35 Arbiter (5)
36 Asian country (5)
37 Flightless bird (7)
39 Heavy knife (7)
41 Loft (5)
42 Waterway (5)
43 Steep sheer cliff
face (9)
44 Ghost (7)
DOWN
1 Woody plants (6)
2 Fruitful (8)
3 Clothing item (6,5)
4 Vessel (9)
5 Gemstone (7)
6 Extra (10)
7 Needlecase (4)
10 Uproar (6)
11 Desert (7)
12 Facet (6)
19 Of water (7)
21 Deprived of
food (7)
24 Doctor’s listening
aid (11)
26 Crockery set (3,7)
28 Obstacle (9)
29 Punishment (7)
30 Discard (6)
32 Waterfall (8)
33 Stick (6)
34 Throw into
disorder (7)
38 Turn upsidedown (6)
40 Nobleman (4)
CRYPTIC ACROSS
8 Ruin the opening (7)
9 The plumber’s fantasy? (4,5)
13 Go on and on about how you’re at
home in? (5)
14 Categorise as students (5)
15 Book, though it’s a formality (7)
16 Drop back after the right turn, please (7)
17 Agrees to a change of name (5)
18 The painting has been returned to
once more (5)
20 Shot in the avenue (5)
22 Figures accommodation will include it (6)
23 Anything but a bad hat! (6)
25 The fish swim back, hemming in the
non-swimmers (7)
27 Corroborate it’s to do with business (7)
30 In about an hour, the murderer’s in
shackles (6)
31 “24” turns a little to give a sign (6)
32 Goes along with, as the second date (5)
35 Give a seat to somebody who’s standing (5)
36 Say yes, it is about time to capture (5)
37 Championed the conceited (5-2)
39 The porter is prepared to carry one for the
entertainer (7)
41 Man with a degree in music (5)
42 At that point, giving an exclamation
of triumph (5)
43 Always take it in good part.
Don’t worry (5,4)
44 Lets slip about the vehicle and is very
embarrassed (7)
DOWN
1 Not thoroughly out of sorts? (6)
2 In a terribly close round, break down (8)
3 Having been sold, was demolished (7,4)
4 The very good trees, treat differently (5,4)
5 Be told the time has come to give encouragement (7)
6 Fed up to find the ring isn’t really gold? (7,3)
7 Just as lovely (4)
10 Either got dead worried about it or
loved it (6)
11 Trip the fool attendant coming out (7)
12 Go off with the agent to have a look (6)
19 A ribbon, brightly coloured and narrower
at one end than the other (7)
21 Copy and I get a friend to frame it (7)
24 As an example, France is not bad (3,8)
26 Not being a novice, he’s not running in
the race (3-7)
28 Once more there to act as proxy (9)
29 The cover-up woman is the problem (7)
30 Feeling of revulsion sneaks give you (6)
32 They don’t open the covers (8)
33 Exceptionally quiet during the meal (6)
34 ”A leisure activity that’s beyond me,”
I put in (7)
38 He maintains a uniform usually goes
with his job (6)
40 Quits the flat (4)
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