CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Work desultorily in ceramics? (6)

7 One burning to start shooting? (4,4)

8 Funny sort of fence! (2-2) 10 Twisted by a twin boy (6) 11 From whom a Spaniard will

accept £1? (6)

14 A very high limit! (3) 16 Slopes specially for prams

(5)

17 Not so much of it! (4)

19 In terrible dread, showed

courage (5)

21 Was this king half-way Anglo

Saxon? (5)

22 There’s simply too much

beyond it (5)

23 Machine used by learners on

the motorway (4)

26 Kid Mr Gore, that’s all! (5) 28 Favouring a loud choral piece

(3)

29 When I’m gone, perhaps, you

can make a name (6)

30 It’s a conductor’s place to show dislike for the piano (6)

31 In historic times, a wandering sage (4)

32 It’s our kindness that makes

us what we are (8)

33 The degree to which one can give a divorced spouse shelter (6)

DOWN

1 Killer in Shakespeare (6) 2 The gratitude of a star

named Tom (6)

3 Rode noisily one way (4) 4 Certain there’s terrible sin about, takes precautions (7)

5 A more than crotchety note!

(5)

6 Being seedy, it’s better to be

full of them! (5)

8 It’s heard repeatedly in suspicious circumstances (4)

9 At the end of the day, he

gives a cry (3)

12 Chap left at the end of the

road (3)

13 When the wrong pair’s obviously not right! (5)

15 Send dotty Dora round with

half of it! (5)

18 Not seaside place, but it has

its salts (5)

19 Barely visible Roman numerals (3)

20 A much less than ingratiating character (3)

21 In London, a very short distance to the eastern extremity (4,3)

22 If not in prison, he’s in the

village (3)

23 Being humble is unexceptional (6)

24 She embraces a pupil (4) 25 Complain when lent out for

the morning (6)

26 But not too mean to get

drunk? (5)

27 In the army, he can play

around with a medal (5) 28 In difficult weather, go back

for a fresh start (3) 30 Dad’s half year tax? (4)