Sunday Times

Everyone’s crossword

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ACROSS

8 Big triumph for the cleaner? (8, 7) 11 One who is not in favour ain’t troubled! (4) 12 Poem by a novice was songlike (7) 13 One dry concoction over there (6) 14 Divert attraction from Diana’s pamphlet (8) 16 Modern sports contest? (10) 18 Even more so (8) 19 Some discover lapse partly coincides (8) 21 Mate will finish after Friday (6) 22 Pencil mob mistake for explosive device (1-4) 24 The place for Turkish capitalist­s (6) 25 Beauty is in the eye of this onlooker, so it is said (8) 28 Peevish cat, one whose expression is habitually gloomy (8) 30 One doesn’t have to practice it (4-6) 32 Obituary in the stop-press (4, 4) 33 A trap’s been reset in an ancient Greek city (6) 35 One working overhead accepts two dabs initially or other fish (7) 37 Girl of the month (4) 38 In which people might have minute opponents (4, 7, 4)

DOWN

1 Feel it one’s right to have one’s own debt (3, 2, 2, 7) 2 Went on about how one’s stomach hurt (5-5) 3 Man cut short on the jetty (4) 4 Trophy for champion layer? (6) 5 Leo possibly held by Vincent using unjustifia­ble force (8) 6 Remains with top-class pupil found on the boat (8) 7 Tub for breakfast cereal? (4) 9 In company at new Ayr hospital (9) 10 He sings another note right at the end (5) 15 Some light orchestral song (5) 17 Three ways to make progress in sport (3, 4, 3, 4) 19 Fragrance of dahlias or unpicked roses initially (5) 20 Side-blow? (9) 23 Herb’s name! (5) 24 Alter a duet, somehow debase it (10) 26 Was daunted on a Wednesday (8) 27 Matter deposited as a result of derivation from the main course? (8) 29 Try like the devil? (5) 31 Boy gives untruth about a direct debit (6) 34 Wander in Cairo, ambling (4) 36 Overwhelmi­ng desire of slut coming unstuck (4)

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