CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A screen, maybe, but you

can see through it (6)

7 The shame of a police

inspector’s girl (8)

8 Unfit due to a bad meal (4) 10 Harmful substance one gets

in a spoon, possibly (6) 11 Give a fellow tea, maybe (6) 14 Something fishy that won’t

hold water (3)

16 Potentate with only one

foot? (5)

17 An act possibly reciprocated

(4)

19 Rogue extraterrestrial who

may become an officer! (5) 21 Bachelor boy’s bundles (5) 22 Taken into a big corporation,

perhaps (5)

23 He can cook a bit of lunch,

effectively (4)

26 Some of their familiar stories may not be believed (5) 28 Weed killer! (3)

29 He may be merry and wander drunkenly (6) 30 Immediate availability of

credit (6)

31 I had nothing left but an

image (4)

32 Person not making modest progress, but barely moving! (8)

33 On paper, it’s useful for

small removal jobs (6)

DOWN

1 Having rushed for half the game, seemed out of breath (6)

2 Let by a middle-man in

Leeds, possibly (6)

3 River in the garden (4) 4 Passes over wild regions (7)

5 It’s long, wet, and not natural (5)

6 Frenzied excitement of a

figure in free motion (5)

8 To cast one can be a job (4) 9 Mother doesn’t need her for

a test (3)

12 A screwy character? (3) 13 Possibly past getting excited

(5)

15 Retail business, evidently

small beer (5)

18 Marble town? (5)

19 Tom, short-listed? (3)

20 The gardener’s boy? (3) 21 Low fellow in the field of

American sport (7)

22 Prove one’s humanity? (3) 23 Heavenly cigar? (6)

24 What a dog may do, the rotter! (4)

25 He’s said to be a more

distant relative (6)

26 Wild pleas uttered by Lapps

(5)

27 Improve the look of a rugged

road north (5)

28 Made invisible! (3)

30 To fade away outright is

terrible! (4)