Western Daily Press (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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Across

3 Abusive to a hothead,

madly rash (5)

8 On paper, perhaps, it's

abrasive (5)

10 A complaint at the

apiary? (5)

11 She has the master

key (3)

12 Bad character or chicken-hearted flier (5)

13 Michael took a girl

round the Academy (7) 15 Holidays spent touring

resorts? (5)

18 Take the plunge with a

girl on the quiet (3) 19 Broken romance (6) 21 Be thought tipsy (7) 22 There's grain in this

country area (4) 23 Many ships (five in

any case?) (4) 24 Though light, means a great effort for the woman concerned (7) 26 Poem Tennyson had no

heart to compose? (6) 29 Highball! (3) 31 Quietly take the available seat on the left (5)

32 Drive off (7) 34 Instinctiv­e feelings,

albeit brief (5) 35 Came down and got

the fire going (3) 36 Abroad, you'll find me

in the money (5) 37 Cutthroat, maybe (5) 38 Port can make you

lithe! (5)

Down

1 Home of Jordanian

capitalist­s (5)

2 Of such fish, for instance, you may read in bed (7)

4 Being so nonchalant

sounds a bit scary (4) 5 Given strong support

when stranded? (6)

6 A needlessly

pedestrian person (5) 7 When struck, she's apt

to flare up (5)

9 Listener twice in

terrible arrears (3) 12 Juliet's dad put Alec

straight (7)

14 Barely discernibl­e

Roman numerals (3) 16 It's played with

effortless artistry (5) 17 Impresses enormously with music centre songs (5)

19 Comes down and pays

up (7)

20 Repetitive­ly points out

one for a foreigner (5) 21 Carried a letter or

two (5)

23 In astronomy, unable to change a foregone conclusion (7) 24 Possibly feeling no end

catty (6)

25 To jump is hot

work (3)

27 Beastly bit of polyglot

terminolog­y (5)

28 The kind of orange

Adam never had? (5) 30 Villa site in

Glastonbur­y (5) 32 One's holiday in the

balance? (4)

33 Little lady from

Belize (3)

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