CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

A hot number at altitude (6) 1 7 Household chores done by the children? (8) 8 Again, she’s a thousand to one! (4) 10 At certain points, a crooked deal seems heavy to bear (6) 11 Write of some miscreants breaking the law? (6) 14 Figure to hearten Tottenham (3) 16 Accommodation Theo possibly left (5) 17 Tradesman from Ryde? (4) 19 Change my one (5) 21 Temptations to break the rules? (5) 22 A shelter; old, broken-down, at the back of the garage (5) 23 They will be themselves! (4) 26 Tubular kind of hat? (5) 28 International honour can go to one’s head! (3) 29 Became friendly in the spring? (6) 30 Hardest to find in a fine street (6) 31 Once, a prime minister’s garden (4) 32 Touchingly, showed undue greed for a portion of fish! (8) 33 It’s swung to make a cut (6)

DOWN

1 Shouted the way to be guided! (6) 2 It’s powerless to fly! (6) 3 So slight as to seem less than nothing? (4) 4 Gets somewhere concerning one’s personal discomforts (7) 5 Worked on transforming the cottage interior (3,2) 6 One looking jolly like Roger? (5) 8 Team companion? (4) 9 The chaps point to me (3) 12 Like Al, a boy in blue (3) 13 Darling girl (5) 15 Write badly? (5) 18 That time of life when you hearten mother? (5) 19 Something soft to sling! (3) 20 When unmarried, in some need (3) 21 Let down by an inferior editor (7) 22 It’s supposed to be kept in Bulawayo (3) 23 Hardly a bachelor to depend on! (6) 24 Circular enclosure with free access (4) 25 A seat in the regular driving place (6) 26 It’s difficult to be hard and inflexible (5) 27 No weather to be out, since there’s little sunshine around (5) 28 Villainous character in Monica Dickens (3) 30 Comrades rolling around at the snooker hall? (4)