CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Don’t eat quickly (4) 4 Stumble on journey (4) 6 Nothing but affection (4) 8 Old friend gets a stone (4) 11 Cannot reduce insincerity (4) 13 Afterwards take a student to one side (7) 14 Chewed more than seven, say (3) 16 Illuminated concerning quantity (5) 18 Wife to tear off for a drink (5) 21 Put off animal, with time (5) 22 Copper colour is preserved (5) 24 Swan enclosure (3) 25 Stop note being sent to peer (7) 28 Always in same version (4) 30 Unusual not to be well done (4) 31 Organise sale of drinks (4) 32 Reportedly nailed sensitivity (4) 33 Air of invention (4)

DOWN

1 Dunce’s dessert (4) 2 Teas brewed behind (4) 3 Left coal production in the vicinity (5) 4 Number of contents (3) 5 European staff (4) 7 Virginia finds cover correct (5) 9 Friend and expert on building (6) 10 Novice always has jemmy (5) 12 Started with quiche (4) 15 The hollow tree managed to sway (6) 17 Heard note from singer (5) 19 Most unexcited about song (4) 20 Film about British revolutionary (5) 23 Challenged out of dread (5) 24 Stop in time to have a beer (4) 26 Mean to change heading (4) 27 Cricket match can be a trial (4) 29 Barrel tax (3)