CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Does this clue look hard? You seem surprised! (5)

8 Artist, for instance, in sad disarray (5)

10 No love from a stranger! (5)

11 Bit of a stare from Jack (3)

12 Knobbly things in boxing gloves (5)

13 Right name for bad visibility or a cold wind (7)

15 Mummy’s rhyme for the inner man (5)

18 A bottle of chianti is too much for him (3)

19 Satisfy some people with ease (6)

21 Fit for a charge (7)

22 Of these beasts, the wild one is about to get cross! (4)

23 Very much out of line, to be honest (4)

24 Keeps out of sight down in the valley? (4,3)

26 When an East-ender gets a bad cigar, it’s not funny (6)

29 A levy on tacks? (3)

31 Get away from the house adjoining the mine (3,2)

32 Borrowers strode agitatedly around the head of the bank (7)

34 Avoid crashing into trees! (5)

35 Bit of an outrage by students? (3)

36 An old one could be an ash blonde (5)

37 Attack or invasion for less than a day (5)

38 Speak rhetorically of the love for speed (5)

DOWN

1 Not an exclusive thing to do, you’ll admit (3,2) 2 Martina may be an alien (7)

4 Work in the direction of some films (4)

5 Agitate childishly? (6)

6 Ways for a girl to follow (5)

7 Gangs of assorted mates (5)

9 Illuminating talk? (3)

12 He’s mad to give a supporter a half ticket (7)

14 Suspiciously smelly blighter! (3)

16 The bird makes mother cry (5)

17 Long time at the detention centre (5)

19 Something sticking a broken stapler? (7)

20 Maybe it’s open for a change in the middle of the month (5)

21 To summarise, it’s about top (5)

23 A dance it takes a clever fellow to run (7) 24 Untidy little pigs? (6)

25 Wherein chemists are short of labour? (3)

27 A snack in the car? (5)

28 American soldier’s method of operating a device (5)

30 Possibly vital ingredient of orange squash? (5)

32 Beaten hollow (4)

33 You pull on its dry end (3)