LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 8 Broadly speaking 11 Inch 12 Caribou 13 Nod off 14 Top-brass 16 Eye-catcher 18 Clothier 19 Runner-up 21 Alcove 22 Privy 24 Esteem 25 Live-wire 28 Kohlrabi 30 Obstetrics 32 Laudanum 33 Acumen 35 Inherit 37 Aunt 38 Skeleton service DOWN: 1 Prohibitionist 2 Saccharine 3 Blur 4 Usable 5 Cerulean 6 Skin-game 7 Enid 9 Unworldly 10 After 15 Strap 17 Counterbalance 19 Rhine 20 Melbourne 23 Yokel 24 Exhaustive 26 Entangle 27 Initiate 29 Aback 31 Sphinx 34 Moke 36 Reek