CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 An English part, no longer

Othello, for instance (6) 7 One making a speech at

Number Ten - to music (8) 8 Runs a great distance, but

she’s no Amazon! (4) 10 Wearing such an expression,

Enid was upset by dad (6) 11 Source of a drama in history

(6)

14 Where there’s said to be a

queue (3)

16 Edward tours the kingdom getting drastically treated! (5)

17 Always highly regarded in

red (4)

19 Sphere of the true leader of

men (5)

21 Agree the total (5)

22 How far anger can get you

(5)

23 Economies with meat? (4) 26 Said to be soft hearted and

with good taste (5) 28 ‘Cause you can eat it! (3) 29 Shows preference for the

soft chunks (6)

30 A romance eventually

finished, but very nice (6) 31 Frightened on a Wednesday

(4)

32 Like crazy driving - though without a crash, we’re told (8)

33 It’s the transposition of

taxes (6)

DOWN

1 Pass, as time spent asleep,

maybe (6)

2 Batsman or cracksman? (6) 3 The way to upset Dora (4) 4 How to reproach the backward? (7)

5 Eccentric faker, far from

normal (5)

6 Can’t he keep a regular

place? (5)

8 Left Isaac, just the same (4) 9 Without experience in mine

working (3)

12 She’s not talking (3)

13 Many felt moved by such

pottery (5)

15 After Beethoven’s fifth, she

gives us a bit of Elgar (5) 18 Necessary quarter-pint in a

bottle (5)

19 Organised hurriedly? (3) 20 Adam’s is alcohol free (3) 21 A little upright creature? (7) 22 With a redhead, I’m on edge

(3)

23 Being secretive, finished in

court (6)

24 American name for “secondhand” (4) 25 Dorothy composed an essay

about summer’s end (6) 26 Muriel, that bright novelist

(5)

27 He has impact in children’s

entertainment (5) 28 Frighten the college head

with a sudden cry (3)

30 The ultimate in cataclysmal

astonishment! (4)