CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 Elflike priest, possibly? (6)

7 A warning ignored with marked consequences (3,5)

8 Attempts at writing (6)

10 Break by accident (5)

13 Take for a ramble in the wood (4)

14 A few are a bit soft on me! (4)

15 Something floating in the cistern (4)

16 A gig for some of the banjo boys? (3)

17 Double back, lad, out of turn! (4)

19 It would be right out of order to call this a flower (4)

21 Attacks a boor holding a cricket trophy (6,3)

23 Some French renegade? (4)

24 Too many drinks, we figure (4)

26 Soap, perhaps, for Mr Bloggs (3)

27 Spasms that almost give you a stiff back (4)

29 Run as Communist (4)

32 They get hot, of course, shooting (4)

33 A sighed utterance? (5)

34 In effect, a strange lustre (6)

35 Describes what is apparent in perverse sex (8)

36 In a daze, possibly puts nothing right (6)

DOWN

1 National roll? (5)

2 Naughty mates possibly let off (5)

3 Dough, as bread (4)

4 Something hard that can give you an edge (5)

5 One takes it to be chancy (4)

6 Robert acted to get some royalties distributed (6)

9 Shortly takes an apprentice in a pub (6)

11 Semi-mobile group (3)

12 Automobile town in France (5)

13 Gifts of old money (7)

15 Expression of disgust when there’s a bit of a job ahead (3)

16 Aircraft propeller! (3)

18 Handy American fuel product (6)

20 Songs, etc., expected at the conclusion of concerts (5)

21 General who put the French right on the map (3)

22 A diminutive relative (3)

23 Old Bill’s formal nickname? (6)

25 It’s positively significant (3)

28 Italian team of sprinters? (5)

30 Undeviating line in a form of grid (5)

31 Maybe past getting jittery (5)

32 Take down or plug up (4)

33 Fit to return from Elba (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1. Presto 7. Din-O-saur 8. Safe 10. Pam-per 11. Assume 14. Old 16. Top-er 17. Rage 19. Nolan 21. WI-ser 22. Wales 23. Ma’s-H 26. Sole-S 28. Bad 29. Writ-h-e 30. Condor 31. Oats 32. R-eh-oused 33. Yellow

DOWN: 1. Pro-per 2. Staple 3. O-der 4. Dog star 5. Bac-up 6. Order 8. Smo-g 9. Fed 12. So-n 13. Meth-s 15. Poser 18. Actor 19. Nil (O) 20. Les 21. Wash-out 22. Wet 23. Man-tel. 24. Ad-D-s 25. Harrow 26. Sword 27. Light 28. Boa 30. Cody