Western Daily Press (Saturday)
Cryptic crossword
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)