CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Keep tearing endlessly around (6)

7 Reckon to eat poorly at various times (8)

8 High ground in Vietnam (4) 10 Escape with a broken toe in a tug disaster (3,3) 11 Effective ruler of the street? (6)

14 The sphere of royalty? (3) 16 Trips, hopefully without falling (5)

17 Is a dashing candidate (4) 19 Anybody can sing one (5) 21 With the bad housing, Victor’s in a terrible hole! (5) 22 Terry taking a bath, perhaps? (5)

23 As a concert piece, it can’t fail! (4) 26 Summarise shortly (5) 28 Some legumes can take a lot of chewing (3)

29 His employer being out for half an hour, he’ll give a loan (6)

30 Detesting a thing being out of order (6)

31 River scene of historic battle in navy service (4) 32 Showed signs of wanting to communicate (8) 33 Actors who no longer star, perhaps? (6)

DOWN

1 The campanologist’s double? (6)

2 In movies, they may get cars to crash! (6)

3 Clever way to mend a net (4) 4 A drink the pit worker has a name for (7)

5 Beaten in a friendly game (5)

6 Gets out for a bit of fun with the chaps (5)

8 A noted heavyweight able to teach boys (4)

9 Point raised in abundance (3)

12 It’s alcoholic, that’s very clear (3)

13 Not even upset at the bitter end (5)

15 Figure in a duet that can help one to sleep (5) 18 Desires wild grouse, not duck (5)

19 The way of a showman (3) 20 Gibson in the part of Hamlet, possibly? (3) 21 Optimistic of finding fresh fuel for a flight (7) 22 Jack’s cunning art (3) 23 Style estimated nicest (6)

24 Top man reducing the rise in crime (4)

25 Nobody would take them for slacks (6)

26 Around the North Pole, warm covers for climbers (5)

27 Cures gone wrong, dammit! (5)

28 Inflationary cause of the balloon going up? (3)

30 A park with character, mister (4)