CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Let five end up in part of an athletic contest (5,5)

9 Clergyman found a place inside a new diocese (4)

10 Have to study a testimonial for one to give along with others (10)

11 Get irritated. Up to a point (6)

12 and 26 Love to be moving smoothly, at the centre (10)

15 On the way, in short, took a couple of fellows onto the workforce ... (5)

18 ... on the way, in short, with excellent new spot (5)

19 Is on a slope, side by side (7)

20 In the US, take a five dollar bill, at the end (5)

21 Some may get all tangled up in a corner (5)

22 Break up with a second mad character (7)

23 Betty, right away, had to talk to the French about an end wall (5)

24 One may have to desert in return. It’s on the cards (5)

26 See 12 across

29 Entice everyone to an ancient city, in the end (6)

31 Called to mind how one might have been rewarded (10)

32 Was in a stupor for some time, we’re told (4)

33 A team has questions to answer, but they

are not important (4,6)

DOWN

2 One may be participating, but got a negative reaction from Paris (2,2)

3 Discharge one to go free without paying all that’s owed (3,3)

4 Sends things out at various times (5)

5 Fail to be 31 across, so manage to escape (5)

6 Time to let it out, flowing through England (5)

7 Point to a jalopy, say, for a crazy chap (4-6)

8 Put some soldiers behind bars at 20 across, in lock up (10)

13 Feel raw fear when about to take part in an armed conflict (7)

14 In the past, he performed the role of a tax collector (7)

15 Peter had to defend society, having the right forms of protection (10)

16 Tragic queen went down a bonny lane, winding round at the end (4,6)

17 and 18 It wasn’t true at the beginning, so will have to try again (5,5)

25 Dreads having to mix with venomous creatures (6)

26 He got right before 32 across, in short, to join the common people (5)

27 A marine took on a small boy ready for action (5)

28 Speeds used in a system picked by the conductor (5)

30 In general, found a unit of DNA (4)