CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 A letter to suggest using

easy terms (6)

7 Finished, stranded (6,2) 8 Pieces of eight (6)

10 An animal to keep on course

(5)

13 Animal to take a shot at?

(4)

14 To the Poles, a substantial

amount (4)

15 Such fiction turns up on

record (4)

16 Of such wood, you can get a

bit cheaply (3)

17 Go round to the doctor,

perhaps? (4)

19 Pay out pounds for fun (4) 21 Revolutionary feature of non-motorised transport (9)

23 Tax father by the half year

(4)

24 Heavy-hearted female

character in opera (4) 26 One case of vegetables (3) 27 Young player possibly fired

(4)

29 Animal of wax? (4) 32 Location at the opposite

end (4)

33 Is its western extremity the

thin end? (5)

34 The finale sounds like Sibelius! (6)

35 There are two sides to every

one (8)

36 A black eye can be illuminating, it seems! (6)

DOWN

1 Loaf, perhaps, a dishonest

thing to do (5)

2 Pallid Anglo Saxon female

(5) 3 What you might call an

expensive woman (4)

4 It may hold film in loops (5) 5 One on hand for a major

road race? (4)

6 A telly production recently

(6)

9 Having shown surpassing skill, picked for one’s country (6)

11 Starting tomorrow, get

ahead at high speed (3) 12 Two points to remark upon,

in writing (5)

13 At sea, it’s something superior on the side (7)

15 Coal hole? (3)

16 Rover’s friend? (3)

18 A less than strictly accurate

summary? (6)

20 Contract permitting relaxation,

at length (5)

21 Baddie in an arcade game

(3)

22 Badly affected by success?

(3)

23 European semblance of

urbanity? (6)

25 Was he jailed due to delay?

(3)

28 For a second, perhaps, it’s

different (5)

30 Red wine is too much for him

(5)

31 Was inclined to have spare

time (5)

32 Add one’s name to an

advert? (4)

33 The attrition of war out East

(4)