CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 This car is someone’s property (6)

Antique porcelain, my mate of many years (3,5) Nourishment imaginably in a jug (6)

Put in a home, perhaps (5) Look in a mirror? (4)

The fifty-fifty shout (4) He’s on record as being of use (4)

Unite at three points (3) Give out in time (4) Frontier line? (4) Possibly dominates the place (9)

No enemy weapon at the western front (4) Here’s a hard one, and that’s flat! (4)

Ruby can be so meltingly warm (3)

27 Image of a false coin (4) 29 Scheme to get money in the kitty (4)

Break off the game (4) Unfriendly letter to Mr Blair (5)

Shoulders no responsibility? (6)

Money demanded for past work (8)

Lively, noisy and dangerous (6) 7 8

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It flowers by day (5)

It’s perfect when one gets a bargain (5) Something afoot that sounds alarming to Tom (4) Support will make things simpler for a learner (5) 5 6 9

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15 16 18 20 21 Excursion with possibly staggering effect? (4)

Even more incredible, the rate can be about £50! (6) Continued, not having been dismissed (4,2) Supporter of a cricket side (3) Like gin, it’s true (5) Where you bought some of the things you love? (3,4) Concealed some of one’s outlandish ideas (3) View from the bishop’s window (3)

Only pretending to sing, is no good for a girl (6) Maladroit in noting a small point (5)

He makes his master cross (3) 22 23 25 28 30 31 32 33 Score five times – that’s a lot! (3)

With a hole in the middle, is a disc cleaner? (6) Family issue that gives a personage heart (3)

For instance, a Yankee name (5)

Reason for a coil getting tangled round a key (5) Achieving a balanced result that’s binding (5) Advances by bus up to central Neasden (4)

Hit on the foot? (4)