DOWN 2. 3.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. GI’s car exchanged for coronas (6)

8. An instrument to forbid a loved one in Scotland (5)

9. Study round trip made according to map line (7)

11. Lines on a boat made by Manet, Holbein, Titian and so on (8)

12. It is via of a secluded road (5)

15. A blow made by a shoemaker (4)

16. Have a turn at time that’s past (3)

17. There’s a warm spot in a love-nest (4)

19. Geese when in flight may have a woolly look (5)

21. The way one bears oneself for Victoria, say (8)

24. N,S,E or W, win or place (4,3)

25. Tree to be found in a particular churchyard (5)

26. A meal that’s first-class, quietly consumed (6)

Fate-mocked condition may press you initially (5) Draws a religious pamphlet that somehow sat around (8)

4. There’s nothing in to drink but some consommé (4)

5. Hard, black wood given one, by arrangement (5)

6. The single time a person swallows carbon (4)

7. In writing it is so upset to find a green plant (4)

10. It may give one the measure of a fall (4,5)

12. Deliver over what beggar held out (4)

13. Reading customers go to it (8)

14. Soon, a negative from France will appear (4)

18. A tussle may give one a scare right away (5)

20. An exact likeness of one attending the wrong game (5)

21. A Gaul depicted in a chancel tapestry (4)

22. It’s not easy to find meat so undercooked (4)

23. The lugs on which one is out, neck and crop (4) SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Chamberlain 9. Eject 10. Terra firma 11. Remit

12. Chinese 14. Pus 15. Idol 16. Tensor 17. Peer 21. Anta

22. Kimono 23. Orgy 26. Pia 27. Elm tree 29. Iambi 30. Nonsmoking 31. Adieu 32. Pedestrians

Down: 2. Hatch 3. Barcelona 4. Rafter 5. Airspeed 6. Nears

7. Termed 8. Stately home 12. Categorical 13. Inns

18. Rainmaker 19. Strained 20. Moor 24. Gambit 25. Hermes

26. Pin-up 28. Elgin