CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Looks happy in the sunshine (5) Figures out nothing’s funny 8 10 (5) It’s wrong maybe to put the cat out of the room (5) Fled out of range (3) 11 12 A plethora is too much for her (5) 13 The prize a sailor has to shoot for (7) 15 It’s quite a distance by motorway, boy! (5) 18 The sticking point in an argument? (3) 19 Did Beethoven write one by moonlight? (6) 21 It adds colour to things (7) 22 As a hero, he has his pride (4) 23 Tool used in a daze? (4) 24 Very quietly looks around for fruits (7) 26 Very old place, not quite the best (6) 29 She gets in shape gradually (3) 31 Wild creatures in the rushes? (5) 32 A country girl (in Reading?) (7) 34 Essentially, it has rosy associations (5) 35 Al sat with him, the dog! (3) 36 Steer the short way (5) 37 Bury, a team familiar to soccer fans (5) 38 Letter to a girl, in fact (5)

DOWN

1 She and Charlie will take a test (5) 2 A coloured drink (4,3) 4 Borrowed from the Germans, it’s true (4) 5 Rodent that turns up with a cat and a sheep (6) 6 Mark and Ian may be on the street (5) 7 A plate holder (5) 9 By many an account, it’s a short garment (3) 12 Are they all named Atkins? (7) 14 Dog turning up at Gateshead (3) 16 Arrives with a couple of letters (5) 17 Business of putting beer into a vessel (5) 19 Does it show irritation at having been caught? (7) 20 Animal with plenty to keep quiet about? (5) 21 Rod’s game? (5) 23 Quarrelling, possibly raging about an upstart (7) 24 Trouble a nobleman with a saintly heart? (6) 25 Always shows hesitation going to the back of the queue (3) 27 Terrible death regarded as very nasty (5) 28 The swine put Birkenhead right on the map! (5) 30 Foreigners from Sedan (5) 32 The dramatic bit (4) 33 On form, maybe; nevertheless rested (3)