CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 Deeply impressed by the impact (6)

7 Speak to a very quiet swimmer (8)

8 Do they confess to a proprietorial interest? (6) 10 Cool headed flier involved in crime (5)

13 A Welshman’s platform? (4) 14 An outstanding feature of the unicorn (4)

15 A shipping body (4) 16 Does it hint at some more danger? (3)

17 Drinks to help the digestion of eats? (4)

19 Pull out a result (4)

21 As for beet, it’s cooked and eaten (5,4)

23 Cleans up after many operations (4)

24 Further from Rome (4) 26 Central figures (3)

27 Is such jazz not quite the business? (4)

29 Figure most of the meal is meat (4)

32 He may have a chapter to himself (4)

33 He showed some cleverness as a writer (5)

34 As possibly to go round a planet (6)

35 Chief cry used by American parachutists (8)

36 The girl in the shrubbery (6)

DOWN

1 Walk for weeks (5) 2 Some sign of a former beastly presence (5) 3 Play half-back in hospital! (4)

4 Many swimmers love to lash out wildly! (5)

5 Those dashingly scored? (4) 6 A bird dog by name (6) 9 Did Billy make more madcap movies? (6)

11 Steal the heart of an acrobat (3)

12 Superior location of the fringe of Surrey (2,3)

13 His labours lead to a load of rubbish (7)

15 Is bound to be in haste (3) 16 Ultrafine service? (3) 18 One egg per year! (6)

20 It’s about a woman, and that’s official (5) 21 Aerodynamic part of a piston (3)

22 A short, maybe odd person (3)

23 Title applied to many a nice woman (6)

25 Billy, perhaps, though Charlie has one (3) 28 Cowboy’s riding distance? (5)

30 You’re lucky if he sends you fifty quid (5)

31 Bitter variety of melon (5) 32 A harmonious partnership (4)

33 Violin part rarely played nowadays (4)