CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A quarter hour in bed, perhaps, can make you late! (6) 7 Half finished in changing a fuse, I have to be chatty! (8) 8 He sounds less than judicious (4)

10 Tied up by a low leftist! (6) 11 Highway with wild trees at the junction (6)

14 He’s familiar with a south part of London (3)

16 They can help with new ideas (5)

17 Having turned up, shoved into an outhouse! (4) 19 Charlie gets hurt, but may be lucky (5)

21 Devilish letter from a friend (5)

22 Joined forces with the boys (5)

23 If slimming, you can’t live on half of it! (4) 26 Norma’s new house (5) 28 Over there, a Yankee gets ahead (3)

29 Not accustomed to factory fresh (6)

30 Money man a gambler may depend on (6)

31 It’s good when twice the usual length (4)

32 It makes for cheaper rice (5,3)

33 Leaned over as one mended a shoe (6)

DOWN

1 Accuses me of participation in sabotaging labs (6) 2 Used to getting insured without safety first (6) 3 Document deleted from start to finish! (4) 4 Funny sort of pie? (7)

5 Maybe it’s over coloured and hackneyed (5) 6 Information about tip-top little creatures? (5) 8 Good-hearted bit of fun (4) 9 Little room for key points (3) 12 Not the whole perimeter? (3)

13 Strange, but it can help make you cheerier (5)

15 Cry at church, always (5) 18 But one could be in a rat race! (5)

19 Dicks rather than Bobbies? (3)

20 Also a Brando part (3) 21 Of service, but they can go to blazes! (7)

22 Not a nice message to send (3)

23 Give a chap tea, perhaps (6)

24 Dark and wet, possibly (4) 25 To drip in sluggish style (6) 26 A complaint when mother’s about to finish up (5) 27 Whence, in old Africa, one could get a fancy bun and 1st class return (5) 28 Animal talk (3)

30 The twins in a spot of bother (4)