CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 They go on wheels, but there’s no progress (6) 7 Left an artist to it, thus getting something painted (8) 8 Sit quietly and lose pounds less! (4) 10 What a footballer may get when someone pulls his jersey (6) 11 It’s easy to weave lies about a politician (6) 14 An opener can be such a man (3) 16 Given just what the doctor ordered (5) 17 Good player selected but disheartened? (4) 19 Cut down what many were due to pay (5) 21 Yachting place where Charlie is in debt (5) 22 Noted form of palm tree (5) 23 At the sharp end, a legendary fellow obtains sordid gain (4) 26 What the toast may do when dad gets out of bed (3,2) 28 Hallucinations are too much for him (3) 29 Brute having a bit of fun sorting the mail (6) 30 Keep it near, as needed (6) 31 Last word in devotion? (4) 32 Small collars said to be for
schoolboys (8) 33 A badly spoilt banger (6)
DOWN
1 Compels us to appear in a complicated case (6) 2 Tied up by a low leftist! (6) 3 Cross-country runner, one of Scotland’s fastest (4) 4 Steps taken to keep an Aussie’s legs warm (7) 5 They’re inclined to provide the right electric current (5) 6 On the street, this horse takes a bit of feeding! (5) 8 A fishy old weapon (4) 9 Tasty? No thanks! (3) 12 The boy from the ministry (3) 13 Left a woman at Leatherhead - flat! (5) 15 Game for bigheaded fliers? (5) 18 Name that can mean a lot in the East and North (5) 19 Clean up in Beatles’ style? (3) 20 The very little sound we make (3) 21 Fit for international selection? (7) 22 Silent member of the family (3) 23 Parents of Latin scholars (6) 24 Dash from Ireland (4) 25 Legendary hero and cave man (6) 26 Bad plays bring a certain complaint (5) 27 To be brief, to drop the H would be a shame (5) 28 Border of higher mathematics (3) 30 Speak harshly, administering raps (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1. Waist 6. Ski-ff 9. Pump-kin 10. Cairn 11. N-inn-Y 12. T-rac-T 13. Bastion 15. Deb (rev.) 17. Ante 18. P-raise 19. Cab-le 20. Brid-a-L 22. Sag-O 24. Sun 25. Snaps up 26. D-ale-k 27. On top 28. Prim-E 29. Def-ic-it 30. Trios 31. Tying.
DOWN: 2. A-bad-an 3. Sprite 4. Tun (ton) 5. Spur-n 6. S-incer-E 7. Knit 8. Fences 12. T-otal 13. Barbs 14. Stain 15. Di-V-as 16. Be-bop (‘bop’) 18. (the) Plank 19. Can-ape-s 21. Runner 22. Sp-ort-y 23. Gunmen 25. Sepia 26. Do-do 28. P-it.