CRYPTIC PUZZLE
33 Simple calculations (4)
4 Pepper shaped ale containers, in fiction (6) 7 Often a pet hardback (8) 8 Deals with outings etc (6) 10 Charles takes not of the hunt (5) 13 Star player helping with grass court maintenance (4) 14 Garment of which Christo-pher gets bout 50 (4) 15 Tell of big trouble o the way (4) 16 Does one suffer to earn it? (3) 17 Very small cut of meat on or-der (4) 19 Russian’s love for a cricket side (4) 21 Ability of an industrial “big gun” to dismiss people? (4-5) 23 Garment possibly from Paris (but no capital) (4) 24 The country way, in a narrow sense (4) 26 Retiring shot (3) 27 Man with a squint (4) 29 Chinese facial feature (4) 32 As eaten by a Pole in a bus? (4) 33 See what children may do when you reprove them! (5) 34 Cleans the board (6) 35 Being grounded, perhaps, is unlikely to reach heights of success (8) 36 Squirm, but write out a letter (6)
1 Don’t go away, this could be dynamite! (5) 2 Test of legality? (5) 3 How noted is Sir Geoffery! (4) 4 Put off a detective with hesitation (5) 5 Was false in song (4) 6 Carrier long in service (6) 9 The fame some children have (6) 11 Joint where unconventional types get pies (3) 12 Street with an air of being climbable! (5) 13 Tries to include plenty (7) 15 The misery of irregularly de-prived women (3) 16 By getting us up it’s super! (3) 18 Stumble on the journey to town (4,2) 20 Little creature taking shelter by the church (5) 21 A girl’s fancy bits (3) 22 Two arms are more than you need to pull one (3) 23 It’s wet briefly (6) 25 Figures to provide cover (3) 28 Follow some men and a girl (5) 30 Language of chindits? (5) 32 A penchant for crookedness? (4) 33 What the farmyard cock did for me sailors (4) SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES
CRYPTIC SOLUTION 1, Al-l-as; 6, C-E-ease; 9, Blue Boy; 10, An-no-y; 11, Loins; 12, F-lout; 13, Pennies; 15, Baa; 17, Arid; 18, Snails; 19, Sa-gas; 20, School; 22, Ache; 24, Yet; 25, Pitcher; 26, Me-lo-n; 27, I-L-ad; 28, Perry; 29, Pa’s-tern; 30, P-rosy; 31, O-the-r.
2, Linger; 3, Abound; 4, Sly; 5, Wells; 6, Columns; 7, Eyot; 8, S-and-al; 12, Fra-L; 13, Pa-NS-y; 14, Night; 15, Birch; 16, Aster; 18, S-a-tin; 19, Some day; 21, Cal-ler; 22, AC-ent; 23, Hear-SE; 25, Potty; 26, Maps; 28, PRO.
1, Scalp; 6, Ebony; 9, Armoury; 10, Angry; 11, Erred; 12, Price; 13, Miracle; 15, Ale; 17, Adit; 18, Better; 19, Laird; 20, Credit; 22, Bits; 24, Her; 25, Panacne; 26, Stark; 27, BELLE; 28, Al-low; 29, Priviso; 30, Class; 31, Stags.
2, Candid; 3, Lariat; 4, Pry; 5, Loire; 6, Erected; 7, Byre; 8, Needle; 12, Pleat; 13, Match; 14, Rider,; 15, Attic; 16, Erase; 18, Break; 19, Litters; 21, Reveal; 22, Ballot; 23, Throng; 25, Prove; 26, Sips; 28, Ass.