CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wreck a Latin dive having to be redeveloped (10) 9 Expect to get to dance, at the end (4) 10 A Latin user can change to adopt into the language (10) 11 Frank is able, and performed what was needed (6) 12 Happening to have European opening in the Seventies (5) 15 Is rather unhappy with the French dish (5) 18 Reckon to sum up, to be recognised (5) 19 Great turn-out by volunteers at a race meeting, in the main (7) 20 Some may go out clubbing, or play the numbers game (5) 21 Go right ahead to perform musical composition (5) 22 Begin to lose time, having taken on the lead role (7) 23 Is it the flower of the Asian industrial society? (5) 24 Branch might blossom without new growth (5) 26 At first, short story was a bit hackneyed (5) 29 Is it essential to have a new name at a top eatery? (6) 31 Spread support to those in attendance by day (10) 32 Garden covered in some coarse, dense undergrowth (4) 33 Hand things over to the workers, at times, in small plots (10)

DOWN

2 Be quite close to someone articulate (4) 3 Manual created to suit a former pupil (6) 4 I am taking a long time to make an appearance (5) 5 Wait for a sailor to catch a fish (5) 6 Build things up before a brief court appearance (5) 7 Speedy bird might match athlete competing away from the track (4-6) 8 Powerful leader started to become rather stubborn (10) 13 Did a gallery get an allowance for one of no fixed abode? (7) 14 Start off with 10 across. That’s reasonable (7) 15 Picked up the tab, having helped with initial funding (10) 16 Can Les dine out, taking steps in formation (4-6) 17 Doctor got round the ship looking for waste matter (5) 18 It’s not improbable that they are eccentric characters (5) 25 Talk a lot about one privateer at sea (6) 26 At the beginning of the month, in short, get a brown pigment (5) 27 Have to pay a fee for landing on a coral island (5) 28 In the past, an officer might sing the praises of one (5) 30 Make a little cut into one’s student loan (4)