CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
3 Pair of spectacles for a player? (5)
8 Do fully, as before (5)
10 An Irish saint and an excellent fellow (5)
11 Exclamation no real orator uses! (3)
12 Open, due to start tomorrow (5)
13 One-eyed thing to wear (7)
15 Puts pressure on, thanks to politicians (5)
18 Shell out for peas, etc. (3)
19 A broken romance (6)
21 Shady type chary of having his rest disturbed (7)
22 But not exactly oily (4)
23 English garden (4)
24 Said to be placed amid wild deer (7)
26 Name the girl Romeo’s after(6)
29 It’s from the laity, this song(3)
31 It discusses things religiously (5)
32 Sort of museum where Ruby gets to do her stuff? (7)
34 The lazier waster? (5)
35 So much work in the underground section (3)
36 Oscar, upset by a bit of mildew? (5)
37 An exhausting thing to do, though the purpose is lofty (3,2)
38 Pines irrationally for a bird (5)
DOWN
1 Show in advance (5)
2 Just one cup can cause physical deterioration (7)
4 Sweet nothing (4)
5 Two-way traffic, no cash needed (6)
6 The moving stair makes musical sounds (5)
7 Frank would have a striking effect on the public-address (5)
9 A speed at which not to reverse! (3)
12 Gaffer possibly sold a half of butter (7)
14 See some boys being bashful (3) 16 Confused by many an editor (5)
17 On which to chalk a tick? (5)
19 To put a wrong clause right is only civil (7)
20 Single performances can make a little chap very big (5)
21 Dead snail, maybe (5)
23 A minor point on the map of Florida? (3,4) 24 Seem embarrassed by a brightly coloured room (6)
25 It reduces one’s income (3)
27 Poem composed by Cyril (5)
28 Empties the wide open spaces (5)
30 He’s all eyes, this hardhearted fellow! (5)
32 We kept inside to grieve (4)
33 A mineral or tea centre (3)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 4. KU-wait 7. Take-over 8. Apiary 10. Al-lay 13. Calf 14. M-all 15. Male 16. Had 17. Liam (mail) 19. Aged 21. Contender 23. Bits 24. Last 26. Dud 27. Troy 29. Trap 32. Feet 33. H-yen-a 34. S-trip-E 35. Dreadful 36. Trumps.
DOWN: 1. Stea-M 2. Skull 3. T-oby 4. Kraal 5. Waif 6. Inroad 9. P-leads 11. Law 12. All-ot 13. C-amel-ot 15. Mat 16. Her 18. In-step 20. Getty(’s burg) 21. CID 22. N-a-Y 23. Buster 25. Tan 28. R-eeds 30. Reef-s 31. Pa-LL-y 32. Firm 33. Head.