CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 It shows something is missing that’s left out of wine (5)

8 Sword artillery used at post (6)

9 Once auditory, now outlandish (6) 10 Swear one’s gone to get MOT (6)

11 Lazy, being at home on benefits but not without heart (8)

12 Prompt line-up, we hear (3)

13 Group invited right in for informal meal (6) 14 Dawn when name’s replaced by received pronunciation – it’s an eye-opener (8) 17 Off-road vehicle sounds warning in league (7)

19 Fat tissue seen in publicity I put forward (7) 23 Drug confused actor in national insurance contribution (8)

27 Cyril’s composition of verses for singing (6) 29 Healthy? Knock the head off this beverage (3)

30 A pope and his edict given to England in person (4,4)

31 You originally leave organising news (6) 32 Has compassion for devotedly religious bonds (6) 33 American play wright is singularly sick (6) 34 Edward ian artist using paint as alternative to another medium (5)

DOWN

1 Note change and stumble (6)

2 Surrender to voting, ie collapse (4,2,2) 3 Short note about second stitch in needlework (8)

4 Unpleasantly xenophobic adoption of original element is most broad (7) 5 Sensitive proposal (6)

6 Monkey makes amusing blunder (6) 7 Widens way that leads to Merseyside town (6)

13 Working again, having lost a kilo of flesh (5) 15 Paranormal power odd when past it (3) 16 Take lid off foul drains and get jugs (5) 18 Lennon’s partner alternatively in the region (3) 20 Era sing procedure when unfortunately toed line (8) 21 Mimicking mockeries may aid prose unexpectedly (8)

22 Op calls for breaking shell (7)

24 A lecturer is a fine figure of a man (6) 25 Frank’s applicant had nothing to eat in the end (6)

26 Far north town visited on circuit towards the end of the week (6)

28 American oil is able to offer nothing of note (6)