CROSSWORD

Use the grid with the cryptic or the easy clues, but beware: The answers are different.

EASY CLUES

ACROSS

3 Draconian (5) 8 Fact (5) 10 Nun’s outfit (5) 11 For every (3) 12 Wooden peg (5) 13 Drawing (7) 15 Bypass (5) 18 Throw (3) 19 Girl’s name (6) 21 Assembles (7) 22 German man (4) 23 Rebuff (4) 24 Furious (7) 26 Pay back (6) 29 Knowledge (3) 31 Sieves (5) 32 Overdue (7) 34 Teacher (5) 35 Toddler (3) 36 Shout applause (5) 37 Mountain ash (5) 38 Wallow (5)

DOWN

1 Long-snouted mammal (5) 2 Thief (7) 4 Particle (4) 5 Large scissors (6) 6 Bisect (5) 7 Timorous (5) 9 Hot drink (3) 12 Expert (3,4) 14 Decompose (3) 16 Upright (2,3) 17 Smears (5) 19 Large wave (7) 20 Scorches (5) 21 Surly (5) 23 Legislator (7) 24 Guarantee (6) 25 Congeal (3) 27 Number (5) 28 Total (5) 30 Iron, for example (5) 32 Skeleton part (4) 33 Haul (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

3 Sporting event occasioning wild hoots (5) 8 Beat both badly, outright! (5) 10 Fatherly name for a girl (5) 11 Deprive of some particular object (3) 12 Does it make you shelter from the wind in the street? (5) 13 One part of an animal that’s vegetable (7) 15 Like the accent of a number at the space administration (5) 18 Less than the right amount for a hat (3) 19 Game requiring a plate to be smashed with a disc? (6) 21 Trample around like a crusading knight! (7) 22 Something juicy for the quiet listener (4) 23 Bit of surplus luggage that can be a nuisance (4) 24 This teacher’s novel farewell made a moving picture (2,5) 26 Moves teams around the Docklands centre (6) 29 Half warmed cold one? (3) 31 Runner who always got the distance right (5) 32 In fact, a wild enthusiast (7) 34 Might she win 1,000 Guineas? (5) 35 The thing to do in Olympic rowing (3) 36 Parts of Soho even show a certain polish! (5) 37 Combine tastefully and finish with a bit of blue (5) 38 Colourful, eccentric ogre going round the bend (5)

DOWN

1 Chuck is worth reforming (5) 2 One of the gang getting the rest upset? (7) 4 Backing up in simple honesty (4) 5 The canny type of batsman? (6) 6 All to give a child a name (5) 7 Fishy replacement parts (5) 9 Waterman’s line? (3) 12 Smiles in order to impress (7) 14 Beat up little Malcolm (3) 16 All of them have their day (5) 17 Great Elgar composition (5) 19 Route to a possible thaw in pay restriction (7) 20 Brief outburst in spring and parts of summer (5) 21 Language of army reserves and militia (5) 23 Lies in the manner of slouches (7) 24 Kind of sheep you could find in Rome (6) 25 Two versions of one name (3) 27 It helps you to see what’s easy to take (5) 28 Put off being unwisely freed (5) 30 Foreigners who may seem less than fine to the Poles? (5) 32 Weaken the standard? (4) 33 Some item knitted for wear round the neck (3)