WEE THINKER

Across

1 Plead to replace bicycle part (5) Fill hole in improvisation (7) Run off as rest act badly (7) 9 Volunteers to take politician to a resort (5) 10 Lashed round tree (3) 11 Subdued reporters in grass (9) 13 Len may move in a miserly way (6) 14 Protest against something (6) 17 Chap back to see indifference (9) 19 Don’t stand for untruth (3) 21 Yielded five keys (5) 23 Back as employment for banger (7) 24 All rate changes are on side (7) 25 Acclaim for king having party in America (5) Down 1 Tapas turns into Italian food (5) 4 8 2 Improved a dad, these

ties (4,5) 3 I’ll tear off, to be exact (7) 4 Tricky situation causes

injury (6) 5 Weird sort of route (5) 6 Meg returned ruby,

perhaps (3) 7 Put dial away for

approval (7)

Across 1 Humiliating failure (6) 7 Fall in (8) 8 Money in coins or notes (4) 10 Baby’s soft shoe (6) 11 Of the sea (6) 14 Prosecute (3) 16 Manservant (5) 17 Consumes food (4) 19 Seraglio (5) 21 Discourage (5) 22 In need of rest or sleep (5) 23 Speech defect (4) 26 Heavenly messenger (5) 28 Pitch (3) 29 Cautioned (6) 30 Hat type (6) 12 Metallic ring made by musicians (5,4) 13 Claimed to be working with pharmaceuticals (7) 15 Dollar gets odd lad some hard cheese (3,4) 16 Steals away embellishment (6) 18 Berry created earlier (5) 20 Paradoxical odds? (5) 22 Dorothy comes to full stop (3) 31 Norse god (4) 32 Recall (8) 33 Failed to hit (6)

Down 1 Frail (6) 2 Rank (6) 3 Throwing line in darts (4) 4 Meat-axe (7) 5 Month (5) 6 To father (5) 8 Price (4) 9 Observe (3) 12 Battering device (3) 13 Requires (5) 15 Afterwards (5) 18 Stadium (5) 19 That woman (3) 20 Colour (3) 21 Predicament (7) 22 Number (3) 23 Women’s public lavatory (6) 24 Golf club (4) 25 Calm, tranquil (6) 26 Prize (5) 27 Ingrained dirt (5) 28 --- Danson, actor (3) 30 School class (4)