Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

4 Have they family significan­ce for a child at the riverside? (6) 7 As worn by an admirer close to Capulet's heart? (8)

8 Is territory of insular

nature (6)

10 Shouts about the rats running out of the Nag's Head (5)

13 A sound white

bucket (4)

14 A girl has a metal

one (4)

15 Variety of oil for a

lamp? (4)

16 Be not alone in

Bucharest! (3)

17 He appears in an

instant (4)

19 Villain fancied to have a consuming interest in humanity (4) 21 Begins drowning rats

in beer! (6,3) 23 Venison, potentiall­y,

sounds expensive (4) 24 In residence, he's out

of order (4)

26 Figure to achieve a net

return (3) 27 Three out of

thirteen (4) 29 Disappoint­ing cash advance out of a financial centre (4)

32 A couple of ducks (4) 33 Speak for the

nation (5) 34 Youngsters writing

about wrought iron (6) 35 Sign of a high-flying team shuffling into church (4,4)

36 Lively letter to '28

Down' (6)

Down

1 In the tropics, I see such fun larking around! (5)

2 Think of a Miller, and

you may get Close (5) 3 Arguably a fifty-fifty

chance (4)

4 Legal proceeding­s due to the rail crash at the end of August (5) 5 William may spill the

beans (4)

6 The waste of earthy

richness (6) 9 Being windy, Simon fails to finish an order (6)

11 Style of haircut! (3) 12 Try to make the

'West' End 'East', possibly! (5) 13 Animal, possibly part

hen (7)

15 The figure that's right

for dad (3)

16 Fine piece of

earthenwar­e? (3) 18 Jack, we repeat, is a

fierce fellow (6) 20 He's a stayer, as one

may have guessed (5) 21 Money changed in

Indonesia (3)

22 So, at the very end, we get some sort of sauce (3)

23 One who refuses to

state his weight? (6) 25 Not on? Not in! (3) 28 Dangerous fathead

from '36 Across' (5) 30 Little men in South

Africa (5)

31 Sharp character (5) 32 Not exactly lots of

money? (4)

33 She married Noah's

eldest son (4)

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