CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. It does a turn for the Buddhist at worship (6,5)

9. The last Great Lake is strangely exciting (5)

10. Lovely girl joined Oz soprano for dessert (5,5)

11. You and I are set about by a sucker (5)

12. Awakening at a restaged production (7)

14. Having stood, be a member (3)

15. Heads back to stupefy one (4)

16. How can discussion of date be arranged? (6)

17. Two pages, one extension for the table (4)

21. Be a trader in timber (4)

22. Castor and Pollux are about to give me one gin (6)

23. Fuel with hydrogen waste (4)

26. Either way, express one’s disapprobation (3)

27. In boats, a sort of tower (7)

29. Steam oranges partly to return their fragrance (5)

30. Drug provided by a lovely Italian lady (10)

31. He will shortly get nothing but the first word (5)

32. Having too much on? (11)

DOWN

2. Pure confusion European had, spending it in India (5)

3. Dug out former partner who somehow vacated it (9)

4. We are about to limp around in a nun’s veil (6)

5. Listened how one could have signed on (8)

6. The smallest as is allowed to be around (5)

7. Fire-raising as such spirits might be (6)

8. Tides change the country where one’s going (11)

12. How hag paid Rory for X-ray work (11)

13. Be after six that the sensation is experienced (4)

18. Peach must soften ere it’s cut up (9)

19. Not well? Stick around with a medicated sweet (8)

20. Twice it shows up, the little monkey (4)

24. The booty deteriorates (6)

25. In the ship, a table (6)

26. Cricketer put up double-duck, which is forbidden (5)

28. An egg-shaped graduate of Eisteddfod (5) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Reading-room 8. Edgewise

9. Loco 10. Prays 13. Dead 16. Rain 17. Mien 18. Axle 20. Speck

24. Edit 25. Cupboard 26. Deliberates

Down: 2. Eggs 3. Dower 4. Nasty 5. Oiled 6. Repatriated 7. London pride

11. Alias 12. Snake 14. Emit 15. Bill 19. Extol 21. Prune 22. Cobra

23. Maze