CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Was a bit of a terror, and

dissolute (6)

7 Pressingly, yet quite slowly

for half an hour (8)

8 A long walk with a hotheaded fellow (4)

10 Looked intensely happy to

be out and about (6) 11 Cleric whose dog upset the

tea (6)

14 Last year’s pen (3) 16 Having quarrelled, we stick

around (5)

17 Stories finish with a happy

ending, you’ll observe (4) 19 Was furious with a bad

newspaper editor (5) 21 Master Edward gets beaten

(5)

22 It grows up, not out on the

left hand side (5)

23 Grey, perhaps, she’s a

mother again (4)

26 Gets ones teeth into (5) 28 Keep out of the saloon (3) 29 Having been dried, is in the

wet! (6)

30 Do soldiers find drill so? (6) 31 List of protagonists? (4) 32 As far as tides can possibly

reach (8)

33 Oh, hang - the chap has a

broken leg! (6)

DOWN

1 Be devious in taking the

western line of approach (6) 2 A score and a half! (6) 3 Regretted having rushed

outside? (4)

4 Amid the bird food, a dog

must be safely tied up (7) 5 The last one’s unusable for

drinking (5)

6 Written in pretty pedestrian

style (5)

8 Security device of a shape

endlessly variable (4)

9 A minor, for instance (3) 12 With which to catch a perch

(3)

13 When he sings, you’ll get the

drift (5)

15 A trio composed in proportion (5)

18 A pie’s cooked to a nice

shade of brown (5)

19 With a single blow, it’s possibly beaten! (3) 20 Information taken to heart

by Eugenie (3)

21 Show there’s a false claim

about us (7)

22 The French name for a boy

unable to lie? (3)

23 In the main, he’s right (6) 24 Ariadne’s song (4)

25 Having an alcoholic ingredient, it can help keep you going (6)

26 She’s no good for bridge, so

let’s hope she can cook! (5) 27 Merry, due to a combination of pourboires and early closing (5)

28 Boorish cry? (3)

30 Brought about by being bored, with nothing to lose? (4)