CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Firework noises in plenty

around Nov. 1st (5)

8 He chased the nymphs, causing trays to be upset (5)

10 A well known name in general pharmaceuticals (5) 11 Are troubles finished for

him? (3)

12 Like the attraction of a moving picture? (5)

13 Win a ship! (7)

15 Joint entrant (5)

18 Her wool is largely new, note

(3)

19 The comparison is out by a

mile! (6)

21 It’s different from Salerno

(7)

22 Having a breezy, melodious

style? (4)

23 In short, it can’t lose! (4) 24 Players in the nursery? (7) 26 Just for now, the drunken toper’s a leader of men! (3,3)

29 Curious thing to do? (3) 31 Something bad for us, like

nasal trouble (5)

32 Brutally unpleasant (7) 34 He’ll find disagreement

simply unbelievable! (5) 35 As worn by patients without

pants? (3)

36 Flung one into a shed! (5) 37 Something pretty dreamy

(5)

38 Damages paid? (5)

DOWN

1 Figures out an article’s acceptable (5)

2 It’s a question of who dun it (7)

4 Absent playing football? (4) 5 Good artist endlessly upset

for nothing (6)

6 Where alleged witches brewed ales by the thousand? (5)

7 On which, film forms loops

(5)

9 “Dick”, of course, is an abbreviation (3)

12 One gets it at the end of a

sentence (7)

14 Flier starting lunch with a

cry (3)

16 Figures to reform most sinners (5)

17 Water creatures found in

fish traps out west (5) 19 This little piece was a bargain, darling! (7) 20 Complains of cars going

round with coppers in (5) 21 Mythical giant ring in wrought iron (5)

23 Ball girl? (7)

24 Live in the presidential suite (6)

25 Period of historic hierachy? (3)

27 The Mr to marry (5) 28 Murphy, maybe, in a downto-earth sense (5)

30 Smart fellow? (5)

32 Sort of sale of footwear? (4) 33 May have been Cornish, but it’s up north (3)