Genius crossword 349
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Five clues are without definition parts. Answers to these clues are the name of a place, the name of a person born there 200 years ago this July, and the title of a work by the person in question. In each of sixteen clues, the cryptic indication omits reference to one letter of the answer to be entered in the grid. These letters should be highlighted, to reveal a quotation from the work.
Across
1 Make certain criticism, first
off (6) 4 Occasional film about rocky
road (8) 10 Unsubtle actor in such a mess (3) 11 Crowns, diamonds, tossed
aside (7) 12 Choose page in part of Bible (3) 13 Racket string (7) 14 Deals with one caught by
agents (6) 16 Tune from duo without piano (3) 17 Man with revolutionary story
lacking answer (5) 18 Stealing article, ending in
court (5) 19 Marsupial ignoring half wild
ass (5) 21 Daughter, devoted (5) 23 Peg alien back with energy (3) 24 Voluntary help led by United
Nations (6) 25 Greek character accepting task,
not cold (7) 29 Holds ace in quiet round (3) 30 Be in crew, supporting
member (3,4) 32 Eggs from dodo vanished (3) 33 Account during trial stirred
enthusiasm (8) 34 Good improvement, catching
large salmon (6)
Down
1 Lifted quote about hard set of
principles (5) 2 Doctor remains for
conference (7) 3 Right poem on love for display of
cowboy skills (5) 5 Overturned record turnover? (3) 6 Admired religious group cutting
grass (9) 7 Desperate entry upset editor
(2-2-3) 8 Pretty odd features of club
ties (4) 9 Act up and retreat (6) 14 Father, variable cook (3) 15 Swelling arrangement of set (4) 16 Music raised questions (4) 17 Sailor after greeting hag changed
focus of worship (4,5) 20 Loss of memory, swimming in
a sea (7) 21 Old man, lawyer with depth (3) 22 Check with dictionary
rejected (6) 23 Work probed by arbiter in
plant (7) 26 Shellfish, old, not fine (5) 27 Wise to follow universal
custom (5) 28 Flightless bird disturbed hare (4) 31 Extremities of elegant
amphibian (3)