Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Beastly food for a chap with a broken leg (6)

7 Majestic fairylike creature in Mali, possibly (8)

8 Be sad to see me out

of work (4)

10 In credit, having debtors, was exultant (6)

11 A girl's age shows in

her face (6)

14 In computing, abbreviati­on can be a trap (3)

16 Rings up to gas about

everything (5)

17 Not all authors are

immortal (4)

19 Form of address for a well balanced woman (5)

21 She's in the pink (5) 22 Content to bring hearty chaps to extremes of penury (5) 23 Having to break step

can be a nuisance (4) 26 A case of 'bottoms up'

at the rugby club? (5) 28 Master Charlie's wet

weather wear (3) 29 Father keeps me in

new hats (6)

30 One of relative concern in thermomete­r manufactur­e (6) 31 River with a bore? (4) 32 An understand­ing

supporter (8)

33 He sounds sincere (6)

Down

1 Luck bringer at many a

racecourse? (6)

2 Look unhappy when

given a shiner! (6) 3 Used the wrong words

for a song! (4)

4 Award given out for a bit of service as a healer (7)

5 Latest thing in ties (5) 6 Fatheaded fibs from

'pilots' (5)

8 Moon around, having

no stereo (4) 9 Soft, ultimately sweet

darling (3)

12 Uncle in a

smash-up! (3)

13 A drink with a light

hearted girl (5)

15 Can they be tuned

sharp? (5) 18 Hot-headed desire

leading to delay? (5) 19 A shock for the

cleaner (3)

20 The May figure is reduced to 500, for a time (3)

21 Happened a great deal in a legendary town (7)

22 Inhuman sound? (3) 23 Benefactor's tap on

the head for a boy (6) 24 A sound return (4) 25 Variety of trout swallowing a piece of bait? (6)

26 Number of employees

possibly quartered (5) 27 Really without a key

part, we gather (5) 28 Semi-mobile rabble (3) 30 Word tending to belittle me a bit more (4)

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