CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 How to make quick notes? (6) 7 It made a lot of noise for nothing, being said to have a sore tail (8) 8 Tough one to crack, perhaps (4) 10 To provide a girl for each is to coddle! (6) 11 Amuses wildly, let’s say (6) 14 Such boys still have some schooldays! (3) 16 Drinker at his best with a half of beer (5) 17 Latest style of gear shift (4) 19 A sisterly surname (5) 21 A more recommendable, faultless service to the West Indies (5) 22 Land of song and wails, we’re told (5) 23 Mum’s goal, at Twickenham, is good plain food (4) 26 They’re mended at last, the only way (5) 28 A good rebuttal (3) 29 Squirm as you scribble out a
letter (6) 30 Cordon broken by a winger (6) 31 Those wildly sown? (4) 32 Excited about a query when given a change of address (8) 33 Like that cowardly custard (6)
DOWN
1 A professional childless person’s right (6) 2 Can it fix broken plates? (6) 3 River duck with a red back (4) 4 Lassie in heaven? (3,4) 5 Where a taxi turns up in Lancashire (5) 6 Bit of business that may be of merit (5) 8 Smoking a family out can be bad for health (4) 9 What lions may be, from a safe distance (3) 12 Thus, a motherless man’s a mere child! (3) 13 Methinks there’s no ink that contains a violet dye (5) 15 Tangled ropes can be a problem (5) 18 When resting, he may well be keen to work (5) 19 It shows all-round lack of scoring ability (3) 20 Troublesome boy? (3) 21 It’s a disappointment when dirt won’t do so (7) 22 Politician like a fish out of water? (3) 23 Shelf on which a chap has a phone? (6) 24 Mentions further that many are in sad disarray (4) 25 Farming school? (6) 26 In crosswords, the pen may be more effective than this (5) 27 Land of the rising sun? (5) 28 Creature boasting no sting (3) 30 That fishy looking Buffalo Bill? (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1. S-PO-on 6. Egret 9. Vantage 10. S-Le-ep 11. Gamps 12. Maker 13. Misdeal 15. Act 17. Oslo 18. Polit-e 19. Seven 20. Hamper 22. Nero 24. Sty (s-oo-ty) 25. Cruiser 26. H-ills 27. Vide-O 28. Apri-L 29. Murillo 30. C-laps 31. E-nter
DOWN: 2. Palais 3. Over-do 4. Nap 5. Steal 6. Egg-ed on 7. Gear 8. Expect(-oration) 12. Mater 13. Moths 14. Sl-I’m-y 15. Aides 16. Ten-or 18. Peers 19. SE-Rio-U.S. 21. A-t will 22. Nipp-on 23. Re-vile 25. CL-aim 26. Hem-p 28. Ale