Everyone’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Reduce size of descending notes (5, 4)

6 Shame about Robert’s honesty (7)

12 Choke regulates itself (6) 13 Press gang (12)

14 During the race presumably – completely (4, 5, 2, 6)

15 Ruined models hide distressed (10)

17 Fertiliser used by worker by river (6)

19 Basket of fish I catch (8) 20 Unusual tale (5)

22 Releasing some grassland (3) 23 Greek character from St Austell (3)

25 Les so confused by loamy deposit (5)

27 Sue’d said another is to encourage one not to do something (8)

30 Remove weapons and win over (6)

31 Same type this duplicate (6, 4)

33 Concealing effectively while beating soundly (6, 1, 4, 6)

35 Ignore what we all do unconsciously (5, 3, 4)

36 Detract hundred less rearranged into set of four (6)

37 Appendices from Aden Dad revised (7) 38 Indicate moral obligation in regulation of traffic (5, 4)

DOWN

2 Point used to isolate? (3-3) 3 Scraps postponed on

Sunday (9)

4 Reprimand when clothes have been reduced (5, 4)

5 Fishy girl? (5)

7 Tear rope, it’s attached to parachute (7)

8 Graduate psalmist (no saint) converted relating to religious ceremony (9)

9 Hills on island left in a twisted state! (9)

10 Make insincere show of emotion start flow of electricity (6, 2)

11 Infernal regions in Europe? (11) 16 Nine let out fibre (5)

18 Hooped skirt or old cheap beer? (11)

21 After awful dive, there’s nothing on the recorder (5)

24 Rash having invaded us violently (9)

25 Sour fish? (5, 4)

26 Don’s X-ray misrepresented gemstone (8)

28 Church officer damaged saint’s car! (9)

29 Unimpressed? (9)

31 Seated, having conducted meeting (7)

32 In drag has to be horrified (6) 34 Some salmagundi’s cooked for the party! (5)