November 2 in 1 Crossword

Choose from the Cryptic Crossword or the Quick Crossword. The grid is the same but the clues and the answers are different.


Cryptic Puzzle
Clues Across

1 Well drilled, we hear, to get quickly in the swim (6-5)
9 But a fast dye doesn’t (3)
10 The lean years? (5,4)
11 1 am a long time getting the picture (5)
13 Are in a snug place, relatively speaking (7)
14 It allows more freedom for the guests (6)
16 Continue to hold Mother in check (6)
18 Tedious music-maker? (7)
19 A prayer it’s right to turn aside? (5)
20 Carries weight – smile at it crookedly (9)
21 Also in stools (3)
22 One who sticks up for his profession? (5-6)

Clues Down

2 Look for gold on the range? (3)
3 Is Susan to come out? (5)
4 Grins about a lot of corny things (6)
5 Time the poet was out and about to work (7)
6 Say again there is one tree out in the amount (9)
7 Weeping over the disgrace? (6,5)
8 Tied nations somehow to their fate (11)
12 Country where Laura is at sixes and sevens (9)
15 Sleep it out with the Corinthians, for example? (7)
17 Saintly irritation results in pain (6)
19 Reverend gentleman loses his head and takes to crime (5)
21 Draw a cravat (3)

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Quick Crossword
Clues Across
1 Going out of use (11)
9 Centre (3)
10         Persistent effort (9)
11         Stream (5
13         Having unequal sides (7
14         Manage (6)
16         Tenant (6)
18         Power (7
19         Social call (5)
20         Magnificence (9)
21         Vegetable (3)
22         Well-mannered (11)
Clues Down
2          Haircut (3)
3          Arrange (5)
4          Win the support of (6)
5          Related by family (7)
6          Absurdities (9)
7          Worshipping (6-5)
8          Respectful (11)
12         Worthy of reverence (9)
15         Softly radiant (7)
17         Explosive nasal sound (6)
19         Goddess of the hearth (5)
21         Friend (3)

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