CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The hi-fi’s ‘noise gremlin’? Nonsense! (6) 7 Go up like magic (8) 8 Optical defect of which one is unconscious? (4) 10 Stopped getting very heated about a redhead (6) 11 Give a dollar - a share of the dole (6) 14 Where to say thanks for those lovely gardens (3) 16 Is it late when the weather’s wet on a Tuesday? (5) 17 Always severely trimmed! (4) 19 Where, near Scarborough, there’s new life for a Yankee (5) 21 Only parts of festivities? (5) 22 When released, Fred got out

of Mile End (5) 23 A two-way flier? (4) 26 Fur in bales? (5) 28 It helps keep the rain off, back in camp (3) 29 Performer of an early version on the piano (6) 30 The British one, with which mum’s out of practice? (6) 31 Like the veterans who started to back De Gaulle (4) 32 Usually a friend to a little boy (8) 33 A constituent of the water we all need (6)

DOWN

1 Astronomer who took a notable part at the centre of things (6) 2 Prize referee? (6) 3 Happy, good fellow (4) 4 Time of a meeting? (7) 5 Thanks to the building of an ark, we have the otter (5) 6 The number of oaks in place (5) 8 Might it taste of soap? (4) 9 Cry over a bit of homework? (3) 12 Babyish piece of mimicry (3) 13 Brown’s a survivor! (5) 15 Seen, heard, and quoted (5) 18 It’s essential to back up some relatives (5) 19 A charge that will make you feel robbed of pounds! (3) 20 Persuaded to leave a tumbledown shack (3) 21 On which to drive a generous distance? (7) 22 Travel fast, that is, from ‘19 Across’ (3) 23 Horse around with Les, perhaps, shamefully (6) 24 Cold dice, possibly (4) 25 To be a wet blanket makes little difference to Damien! (6) 26 Column in the back of a book! (5) 27 Brain child? (5) 28 Given gins, he’ll be just as stupid (3) 30 In Ireland, a girl to love (4)