CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 Staring into a ruddy great hole? (6)

7 Stroll across to pick up the prize? (4,4) 8 Candidly, it’s only about half ripe (6)

10 As said by some seasider on stage? (5)

13 Chain letters? (4) 14 What the passenger did, mentioning the road (4) 15 Flier strung up? (4) 16 What father may do at uncle’s? (3)

17 Given it, one is somewhat liable to return (4)

19 Type of forest in Iran? (4) 21 To say flattering things about Charlie, is a bloomer (9)

23 But at the Turk’s Head, might it not contain water? (4)

24 Regarded as less than moneyed (4)

26 But not too backward to copy a letter out! (3)

27 Is she prohibited from entering outer Brentford? (4) 29 Not quite a colleen? (4) 32 Bound to be a bit excited when agitated (4) 33 Be accredited as a nobleman (5)

34 Spanish girl after an artist? (6)

35 In his sport, he needs to study a bit of form (8) 36 Usable for stiffening charts, perhaps? (6)

DOWN

1 Promise to distribute wares (5)

2 The infection I had was watery (5)

3 Nothing but sweetness (4) 4 Fourpenceworth of history (5)

5 Strip off like a swimmer, on the quiet (4)

6 Turner of a blind eye (6) 9 Go into a price change that’s an eye-opener (6)

11 Is it almost a toss up whether he’s sober? (3) 12 Start being a socialite? (5) 13 Race finish in London (4,3) 15 Perhaps it’s barely taken off (3)

16 Just beat up again (3) 18 Achieve new status as a titan (6)

20 Like the sound frequencies in a studio? No way! (5)

21 Get by out of uniform (3) 22 As grown in country estates? (3)

23 To brag about being a great star (6)

25 Get the girl (3)

28 The under part of W. Glamorgan? (5) 30 Positively rosy! (5) 31 A delivery flier (5) 32 Travel to an ancient city (4) 33 The gang sound a bit crude (4)