CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
3 Jumped to it, as the French are apt to do (5)
8 Caught up with and prosecuted (3,2)
10 Plays in the Proms? (5)
11 Dry in half a jiffy (3)
12 A joint in the bowel? (5)
13 Devilish good writer (7)
15 Can be worn during the harvest season (5)
18 Somewhat disparaged paper (3)
19 Colour apt to mount on one side of the face (6)
21 Ideal organ arrangement for father (7)
22 First man to have a mare (4)
23 Where to stay awhile, quietly by the river (4)
24 Of developable importance in Malines, possibly (7)
26 Doesn’t change, this place (6)
29 Does the careerist need a company one? (3)
31 Thread that ties up with “29”, somewhere in Cumbria (5)
32 Hearty contribution to a meal (7)
34 Figures out a woman as mercenary (5)
35 The resentment an heiress can show (3)
36 Historic beard-singeing place (5)
37 Concerning Anne dancing the tango (5)
38 Appears to look at a manuscript (5)
DOWN
1 Bachelors, I see, are essential (5)
2 Animal’s contribution to bookbinding (7)
4 To some extent, they feel slippery (4)
5 Shown quietly to wander north (6)
6 Building to the west end of Westminster (5)
7 One notices they’re leopard-like (5)
9 One short month is less than a decade! (3)
12 Busy filling the bottom drawer (7)
14 A musical one will get the notes right (3)
16 Hemp used in making sails (5)
17 Leaks from spots around the middle of pipes (5)
19 Coming to the point in a rounded way (7)
20 Bird song? (5)
21 The bits to strap up (5)
23 Container to care about; it could be a killer (7)
24 Audible evidence that the last of the Mohicans had sound knees (6)
25 Catch showing a degree of inability (3)
27 Name the Italian in a British regiment (5)
28 Maybe he lives! (5)
30 He could have news of a spy (5)
32 Unexcited, being in the doldrums? (4)
33 Exist as a career necessity (3)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS:
9. In any case
10. Rep-resent
12. Sole
13. Odi-O-US
14. O-pi-nion
15. Bidding up
17. Mend-I-can’t
18. Em-ot-I-oN (rev)
19. O-rdai-n
20. A-che(at)
23. Principal
25. C-ognis-ant
26. Pads
27. S-tR-eet (rev)
29. Stagger
32. Reprim-and
34. De-creases 35. Lighter
36. Return
37. W-arm
38. Possessed
39. Con-tender.
DOWN:
1. Miss-able
2. Called to mind
3. Car-d’I-gan (Bay)
4. Re-Co-up
5. P-resumed
6. A-p-pointing
7. Re-vi-sit
8. Stand treat
11. Er-I-C-a
16. I-dio-cy
19. (sl)Owl(y)
21. Changes hands
22. Pirat-E
23. Paper clips
24. Puts a-cross
25. Cut
28. El-Dorad-o
29. Securing
30. Ro-sema-ry
31. D-itties
33. Pages
34. Detect.