CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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29 32 33 34 35 36 1 2 Reign over the interior (6) Examine what may seem finished (4,4)

Player whose buckled boots are out of line (6) Geese you simply have to look up to (5)

A boat trip when things are going smoothly (4)

A lake to rant about? (4) Need a centre-forward, a six footer (4) Exclamation a horse may understand (3)

Mask some of one’s chagrin? (4)

Soundly taught, albeit under stress (4)

Free of restriction, don’t be so jumpy (9)

The place for riverside art? (4)

Where many a skill is used in trading (4)

A polo game record (3) Nothing less than a foray, which means fighting (4) Noted figures, but villainous (4)

In brewing, we hear, there’s insolvency (4)

It’s wrong to credit one to me (5)

The outcome from Ulster (6)

As always, there’s nothing in a fake Vermeer (8) Judge to be a fathead and female (6)

DOWN

For a bighead, the ultimate blow (5)

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18 20 of his tether (5) Money I get in a trick (4) What to do when an organ is out of order (5)

It’s a very old fiddle! (4) Apple with an out-of-theway reddish colour (6) Acrimonious about the beer? (6)

Oh, she sounds so good! (3) Moulded mass of tin, possibly, containing some gold (5)

It’s a long time since he brought you any sleep! (7) Success in winemaking (3) Familiar light-hearted American (3)

Sorry to start running on the wrong fuel (6)

Daisy’s Easter contribution (5)