CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 3 Taps into atmosphere of senior academic position (5) 8 Odds on the old Common Market hard to follow in conversation (6) 9 Warns that drinks are about right (6) 10 Do some models turn up? Not very often (6) 11 Moreover, is telling one about taking part in arithmetic (8) 12 and 29 French make doubly good sweetmeat (6) 13 Wither away like a jerk, for instance (6) 14 Firm politician allowed, at the end, to see out his term in office (8) 17 Is about to make a mistake, so might fall away (7) 19 A European MP forced into a trial caused a storm (7) 23 Clamber out of a senior common room at an easy pace (8) 27 Is former pupil right to include a curve on a map? (6) 29 See 12 across 30 Goes at some speed, in time, to get round, but still collides (4,4) 31 Took me back, and finishes up making some changes (6) 32 A little girl left from foreign parts for a building-site north of the Border (6) 33 Secret place given by commanding officer to the Navy, with little hesitation (6) 34 On the crest of a university city, finally (5) DOWN 1 Seem to emerge with a prime producer to bear fruit (6) 2 May have to sell a little girl as part of a blood-feud (8) 3 Rooms put to good use producing a wordbook (8) 4 Have to give one some money up front, in order to progress (7) 5 Managed to perform a lot, by chance (6) 6 Compose lament for unstable intellectual (6) 7 At the extreme limit, like 14 across (6) 13 Is employed in factories turning out musical compositions (5) 15 and 18 Police officer got his man, twice, with a machine-gun (6) 16 Sign up for a course in Green terminology (5) 18 See 15 down 20 Standing in 34 across on high ground (8) 21 One pier’s built up by some new settlers (8) 22 Is about to spring back, able to recover from a setback (7) 24 Tells some nobles that they matter to society (6) 25 Seafarer was transferred so couldn’t attend (6) 26 Poke fun at kid, using repartee (6) 28 A first name was attractive to one boy (6)