CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 4 Explosive (6) 7 Response (8) 8 Corrects (6) 10 Begin (5) 13 Manner (4) 14 Flightless birds (4) 15 Prison room (4) 16 Gender (3) 17 Amaze (4) 19 Grain (4) 21 Without doubt (9) 23 Fish (4) 24 Price (4) 26 Drain (3) 27 Type of gun (4) 29 Public school (4) 32 Discard (4) 33 Nonsense (5) 34 Postpones (6) 35 Meddled (8) 36 Position (6) DOWN 1 Lively (5) 2 Tropical bird (5) 3 Let it stand (4) 4 Edible mollusc (5) 5 Level (4) 6 Sills (6) 9 Fruit (6) 11 Can (3) 12 Got up (5) 13 Threatened (7) 15 Sever (3) 16 Pig-pen (3) 18 Cheap (6) 20 Change (5) 21 Trophy (3) 22 Charged particle (3) 23 Flair (6) 25 Dandy (3) 28 Examines (5) 30 Jewelled headdress (5) 31 Poor (5) 32 Seasoning (4) 33 Genre (4).

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 1, Duress 7, Pathetic 8 Hero 10 Chalet 11 Arcade 14, Rip 16, Power 17, Rued 19, Sages 21, Liken 22, Lapel 23, Free 26, Tacit 28, Too 29, Eloped 30, Sorbet 31, Once 32, Streamer 33, Tided

DOWN: 1, Dancer 2, Eyelid 3, Spot 4, Sharpen 5, Straw 6, Icier 8, Hare 9, Rep 12, Cos 13, Delve 15 Maker, 18 Usual 19, Sip 20, Gel 21, Lateral 22, Lip 23, Forced 24, Robe 25, Extend 26, Tense 27, Cobra 28, Ton 30, Sort