The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
9 Put on fake make-up to taunt (4,3,2)
10 Almost submerged by a thin layer (5)
11 Painters in dire straits (7)
12 Determined to put a barrier beside worker (7)
13 Listen to hooligan holding rebel leader on the fireside mat (6-3)
16 Beer’s froth with last of brandy is intoxicating (5)
17 Obstinate behaviour from an electric car (13)
20 High point of island in Australian lake (5)
21 Neat chap I healed (9)
24 Exercise maybe meant as endearment (3,4)
25 Woman – one behind bars (7)
27 A price to pay for coral reef (5)
28 Piece falling on flask we repaired (9)
DOWN
1 Sensational news story produced by something hitting water? (6)
2 Piece of humour in his kitchen (4)
3 Compensate when not filming (6)
4 Finishes margins (4)
5 Unwind after shattering
excursion (10)
6 Stop a girl making cloth (8)
7 Gad about with maracas in film
on island (10)
8 Close watch after nap (4-3)
14 Sailor will hesitate to take allowance, but it’s not the norm (10)
15 About to arrive, writers claimed,
for reward (10)
18 Ready to be won over having
a meal Ben prepared (8)
19 Intense and soft, an option for
pizza? (4-3)
22 Artist enters restaurant to get
a drinks container (6)
23 Doctor copies curtains (6)
25 Kick part of the car (4)
26 Go back through Pasadena as
soon as possible (inits) (4)
ACROSS
4 Flying stinging insect (4)
7 Complete accord (5)
9 Snow-flecked rain (5)
10 Edible white-fleshed fish (5)
11 Detergent (4)
12 Tell lies (3)
15 Bottle ___, corkscrews (7)
16 Plural of his or her (5)
17 Defended, supported (6)
18 Gambling place (6)
21 Inclined, likely (to) (5)
23 (Look) with disapproval (7)
25 Introverted (3)
26 Has debts (4)
28 Roman Moon goddess (5)
30 Very quick, swift (5)
31 Crush to a powder (5)
32 Bunch of flowers (4)
DOWN
1 Quickly undo (clothing) (5)
2 And so forth (abbrev)(3)
3 Wool’s thickness (3)
4 ___ Anderson, film director (3)
5 Compensate (for) (5) 6 Banknotes (5,5)
8 Singing in Tyrolean style (9)
9 Feeling, impression (5) 12 Market-research discussion (5,5)
13 Little Women sister (4)
14 Assailing (9)
19 Charged particles (4)
20 Flat, stale (5)
22 Goes off course (5)
24 Narrow opening, slit (5)
27 Remark (3)
28 What Katy ___, book (3) 29 Noah’s vessel (3)