CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
4 At first, bus permits can be excellent ( 6) 7 Be markedly sharper than one’s opponent ( 8) 8 Plenty of room for canoes to manoeuvre ( 6) 10 An instrumental piece shows howto play this ( 5) 13 Mineral forming parts of coral ( 4) 14 A matching two piece skirt ( 4) 15 Where mum needs fifty pounds for the shopping ( 4) 16 Cheek! ( 3) 17 Trees may be in this meadow at Flamborough Head ( 4) 19 Copied letters to the Editor ( 4) 21 It doesn’t seem long when father goes by air ( 4,5) 23 The nickname for Auntie! ( 4) 24 Some areas, typically, are
right on the map ( 4) 26 A cat gets cross with him ( 3) 27 Deposited pounds for charity! ( 4) 29 The milkman’s name? ( 4) 32 Maternal bird? ( 4) 33 Forbidding earth to be called dirt ( 5) 34 Rob of renown? ( 6) 35 Solo game? ( 8) 36 My work on one article shows shortsightedness ( 6)
DOWN
1 Do but disbelieve ( 5) 2 Undersupply from the best intentions ( 5) 3 Its double act did not survive ( 4) 4 Pigeon perch? ( 5) 5 Take off for somewhere in the Isle of Man ( 4) 6 Managed to get detectives sour ( 6) 9 Somewhere near Dover ( 6) 11 Flighty article on the United Kingdom ( 3) 12 She’s duly mentioned ( 5) 13 Is able to accept a fife variation as stimulating! ( 7) 15 She helps to uplift the team ( 3) 16 The French boy? ( 3) 18 It’s significant there are two of them outside a gambling centre ( 6) 20 He has a favourite piece of verse ( 5) 21 A portentous figure? ( 3) 22 A Shropshire one is poetic ( 3) 23 Hardly a barley product ( 6) 25 Less than ten cents is not very clever ( 3) 28 The place for blood and sand? ( 5) 30 Al joins this worker for a drink ( 5) 31 Was inclined to need money for the ante, maybe ( 5) 32 Pack strikingly well ( 4) 33 A good but quiet light ( 4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS:
1. Stream 7. American 8. Fits 10. B- all- et 11. Horn- E- t 14. Eel 16. Potty 17. Toes 19. Bowed 21. D- over 22. Fixed 23. Pi- es
26. Organ 28. Fir 29. Ra- I- ded 30. Hop- ing 31. Axis 32. The lurch 33. Au- gust.
DOWN:
1. Sor- be- t 2. Ex- iles 3. Mast 4. Trooper 5. Scent 6. U- nity 8. Flee 9. Tel 12. Rod 13. Etude 15. C- oven 18. Opera( Ted) 19. Box 20. We- D 21. Dine out 22. Fad 23. Piping 24. Iris 25. Signet ( cygnet) 26. Orate 27. Giles 28. Fox 30. Ha- ha.