CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The best fellows around central Germany (6) 7 Woman for a writer to run away with (8)

8 Little chap clutched by a singer (4)

10 Darted around as one did business (6) 11 Riverside property in a foreign country (6) 14 Indeed Scottish (3) 16 Virginia and Leslie down in the country (5)

17 Go round to the doctor? (4) 19 Subdued when mated, maybe (5)

21 Well known to have done wrong about central heating (5)

22 It’s highly brilliant but not meteoric (5) 23 Pedestrian location in Lambeth? (4)

26 French artist, to some degree Anglo-Saxon (5) 28 Held in the sense of “caught” (3) 29 Flattened by a hard man (6) 30 Like silence or those grand days of yore (6)

31 Birds slow in movement (4) 32 It’s players pretend to have fun (8)

33 Here on the Green somewhere near Lewisham (6)

DOWN

1 No pet dog having to sit up with a cup (6)

2 Might she be bowled over? (6)

3 Speed past (4)

4 Let me adore you darling! (7) 5 Of central interest when a loaf is shared out for a number (5)

6 A chancy call (5)

8 Trio of magicians (4)

9 Has it a musical ring? (3) 12 Chap glad to shed a little weight (3)

13 Liven up in the style of novelist Shute (5) 15 Getting too immersed in it can be fatal (5)

18 Does it make a noise like a squashed grape? (5)

19 He can be catty (3) 20 Satisfied the requirement of some transport line (3) 21 Flowery point made in a case of terrible agony (7)

22 Has ability in buccaneering (3) 23 Container of rainwater maybe, about a half gallon (6)

24 Puts on extra for tots? (4) 25 Young Germans seem more considerate (6)

26 Rid oneself of many a desire (5)

27 Nobbled animal about to finish last (3,2) 28 Supposedly brave greeting? (3)

30 Crikey, wild hogs! (4)