CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Don’t eat quickly (4) 4 Understanding German epitaph (4) 6 Stupid European coin (4) 8 Burden we bear (4) 11 Contemporary with part-timer (4) 13 Generous politician (7) 14 Point to the Spanish swimmer (3) 16 Left coal production in the vicinity (5) 18 Hide note inside some yarn (5) 21 Famous as a piece of music? (5) 22 Communication from a mile off (5) 24 Feel modest about tree (3) 25 Red tape somehow got narrower (7) 28 Shows manners (4) 30 Manage to get English letter (4) 31 Dance film (4) 32 Listen hard to old ship (4) 33 Ingredient in his pudding (4)

DOWN

1 Dunce’s dessert (4) 2 Knock bust over (4) 3 Woman took it to be important (5) 4 Meg returned ruby (3) 5 Vote for European, say (4) 7 Mole excited by new fruit (5) 9 Metal not worth much (6) 10 A pie’s changed colour (5) 12 Quietly consume fuel (4) 15 Cricket team’s legs (6) 17 Shrink animal with hesitation (5) 19 In the morning, yours truly looked up woman (4) 20 Egg gives engineers explosive ingredient (5) 23 Real problem around small beam (5) 24 Every ache is treated (4) 26 President has no time for beef (4) 27 Reversible action? (4) 29 Smirking has to irritate (3)