CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 Very nice new purse and a

bottle opener (6)

7 Traverse part of London with

a weapon (8)

8 A tasteful colour (6) 10 Groups involved in riots (5) 13 He’s no peasant! (4)

14 A ripping thing to do when

you’re in a hurry (4)

15 Be short, like a sickly cat’s

tail (4)

16 Animal engaged in eating

nuts (3)

17 One gets only half a dollar,

that’s the figure (4) 19 Whence, abroad, to return in

complaisance (4)

21 One person offering a similar

view to another (9)

23 It tastes as good as new! (4) 24 Old king or noted military

leader (4)

26 Being transient, it starts

fading (3)

27 Help someone in a bad way

(4)

29 A bit of business returning

on the Met line (4)

32 Years in a stage success (4) 33 Possibly pines for a bird (5) 34 N. American Indian staying

with uncle? (6)

35 Being exhausted, fished out

a bit of wine (8)

36 Not necessarily brownish

attire (6)

DOWN

1 His Lady was of the Lake (5) 2 Her little boy’s a bit of a liar, it seems! (5)

3 Lives a double life as a goddess (4)

4 Now so flustered and faint! (5) 5 A pet soil conditioner? (4) 6 Where the Canadians are

possibly out of booze? (6) 9 Sell the last of the claret in

the bar (6)

11 Travelling seller of spare

parts (3)

12 Giant collection of stars (5) 13 Wherein kings and queens

join a friend for cards? (7) 15 Chinese, you may think, but

it’s Western all right! (3) 16 Give up in Scotland, so to

speak (3)

18 A little girl takes a long time

to get in hers! (6)

20 Hank’s geese? (5)

21 Cover of a glider cockpit (3) 22 Area of land, as in France (3) 23 Wail distractedly to mother,

somewhere in Africa (6) 25 Go very softly around the

Oriental quarter (3)

28 By holding a payment back,

is strong (5)

30 Very close to the right rhyme

(5)

31 Repairs many objects (5) 32 She contributes to a suburban newspaper (4)

33 Pass over a container (4)