CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 A swimmer in the pink (6) 7 Having done the dishes, all finished (6,2) 8 Edible part of some lettuces (6) 10 He shows that to blunder is nothing for a learner (5) 13 Cry of a duck held by a man (4) 14 If very soft-hearted, he’d make a tasty contribution (4) 15 Name of a Pathan scribe (4) 16 Man mountain? (3) 17 Coin trick often seen on a computer screen (4) 19 Game a dunderhead finished level (4) 21 The bite of a small animal is worrying (9) 23 She performs doggedly in ‘Peter Pan’ (4) 24 Nice change for a soccer star (4) 26 Is she not certain? (3) 27 A down-to-earth part (4) 29 An employer’s gambit? (4) 32 Need supporting from a suitable angle (4) 33 Keep to the right in the southeast (5) 34 They may be spoilt (by stewardesses?) (6) 35 Listeners support them endlessly (8) 36 Annoys some strangers (6)

DOWN

1 One giving the chimney a brush up? (5) 2 Department of a French cross-country runner (5) 3 One properly drilled, presumably (4) 4 Make mawkish love, and so on, captivating Stephen’s heart (5) 5 Inalienable right, legally (4) 6 Started work on an exceptional need (6) 9 The kind of varnish for a spar or pole, I see (6) 11 On the list as a small boy (3) 12 Heavenly hunter brilliantly belted (5) 13 The house with its own Tube station (7) 15 Weed killer that lasts for years (3) 16 Ask earnestly to be good (3) 18 Wine for the college titular head (6) 20 Clumsy enough to spill a pint around closing time (5) 21 She’s a blossom (3) 22 It’s initially explosive (3) 23 People not in a mess (6) 25 All in favour of turning right (3) 28 Uncharacteristically fertile places (5) 30 A letter or two from a girl (5) 31 One working, as yet, in winemaking (5) 32 Hold nothing dear? (4) 33 Minion bringing up some refreshments (4)