Western Morning News (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Supplies of flowers (6) 7 So regain in order to

coordinate (8)

8 The character of

Maida Vale (4) 10 Ship's officer about to

blow the whistle? (6) 11 Dreads wild snakes (6) 14 Fishy contributi­on to

free love (3) 16 Machine never quite

halted, possibly (5) 17 No phony earl,

anyhow (4) 19 Destroyed a kingdom

in the end, maybe (5) 21 We, sir, can get them

crossed (5)

22 Nanny's brother? (5) 23 Look unmoved by a

setback (4)

26 A dash for the

takeaway (5)

28 A line from

Browning (3)

29 Not accustomed to

anything new (6) 30 They play softly in

seaside places (6) 31 Abbreviati­on in current

use (4)

32 They don't appreciate the seating arrangemen­t outright (8)

33 Red artist? (6)

Down

1 Something to eat

before breakfast (6)

2 It may take a

hammering (6)

3 Reach the heights, so

far heartless (4)

4 They have comparativ­ely little power to illuminate (7) 5 Bolt a plate while it's

hot (5)

6 Steer the short way (5) 8 A real shortage of

space (4)

9 Derek misled? (3) 12 Many an advert will

pop up again (3) 13 River of wine (5) 15 Like the tail of a dog

crisply finished (5) 18 In Scotland, known for

marbles (5)

19 Nothing short of a

link-up (3)

20 Tonality suitable for a

Largo (3)

21 Worldly and alliterati­ve perhaps, he's a sage (4,3)

22 Is no end busy in the

rush hour! (3)

23 A sound favourite,

darling (6)

24 Females to exploit,

we're told (4)

25 It reciprocat­es at

various points (6) 26 Proverbial cure for

savagery (5)

27 Push into a deep dungeon whence there's no return (5) 28 Border line in the

Royal Marines (3) 30 In days gone by, dad

was saintly (4)

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