Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Outwardly a

joyrider? (6)

7 Still, father was pretty

good at sprinting (4,4) 8 Be left again at the

church (4)

10 A bit of a nut (6) 11 Asked to bundle up

some bedding (6)

14 It comes in a sealed

bottle (3)

16 Born a bit moody and

hard up (5)

17 Little less than

mutiny (4)

19 The expanded part of

a bugle, maybe (5) 21 Friends forming

teams (5)

22 Where circulatio­n's concerned, it's from the heart (5) 23 Willowy fliers? (4) 26 Hands out to one's

schoolmate­s (5) 28 Flowing contributi­on

to civic amenities (3) 29 Append a number of notes about a bad egg (6) 30 Certainly you can depend on us going wrong! (6)

31 A degree of decadence

in port (4)

32 Coming up with an excellent distillati­on of gin (8)

33 Mentioning an old

saw (6)

Down

1 A sweet and festive

occasion (6)

2 How one is disappoint­ed when cut (6)

3 The old fellow's heart

cry! (4)

4 Sing badly at the pub and you'll get knocks (7) 5 Semi-wilderness in the

world of drama (5) 6 Any rhyme for a

copper (5)

8 Will eating it make

you husky? (4)

9 As a soldier, he wasn't

windy (3) 12 Might you see a jay

beside this river? (3) 13 It's proclaimed somewhat predictabl­y (5) 15 They're there to be

shot at (5)

18 What the work-shy did, possibly receiving some dole (5)

19 Where drinks were

sold in prohibitio­n? (3) 20 The field is less than

clear! (3)

21 River of wine! (7) 22 Everything in the show

could be superficia­l (3) 23 A bachelor has to

bank on being just (6) 24 The last word in

devoutness? (4) 25 Secretly viewing a

'Carry On' (6)

26 She is in time (5)

27 A snake in that

'ladders' game (5) 28 Subject of much

rumination (3) 30 Seems wearied by much stupid gassing (4)

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