Western Daily Press (Saturday)
Cryptic crossword
Across
1 Representative MP in
a northern town (6) 7 Get the better of a Dutchman, one imagines? (8) 8 Occasion when
gentlemen please? (4) 10 The cat gets us in
more trouble (6) 11 Could he have been
lither? (6)
14 Possibly not a
weight? (3) 16 Blue-blooded boys (5) 17 Look marvellous in
one's best uniform (4) 19 He'd be out of work,
as desired (5)
21 Barely natural? (5) 22 Skinflint many could
take a rise out of (5) 23 Long section of a tea
chest (4)
26 A charmer, we hear (5) 28 The penniless possess
nothing (3)
29 A very quiet fellow
provides fruit (6) 30 Country with only one
river? (6)
31 Fresh air at Land's End
where it's very dry (4) 32 Something endlessly
incisive (5,3) 33 Complaint when a horse gets in the water (6)
Down
1 Dismisses at the close
of play (6)
2 Where at Parkhurst, initially, irons were used? (6)
3 A woman's right, as
always (4)
4 Escorted in gentlemanly if not knightly fashion (7) 5 To manoeuvre slily is
stupid (5)
6 Charlie will have a
fling, the rascal! (5) 8 As seen at the ballet
with Desmond? (4) 9 Mere males but with
many points (3) 12 Slaughter meant death, melodramatically (3) 13 A dirty great ball in
space (5)
15 It's handy at the
fireside (5)
18 Raise the level so that the best get promoted (3,2)
19 Is sure to be less than
chaste (3)
20 For each captain has
to skip it! (3) 21 Congratulation from a
pleasant fellow (4,3) 22 Not far from Milan (3) 23 Excellent swimmer but
not healthy (6)
24 See a fellow is
covered (4)
25 At last I have
something to eat! (6) 26 Vesta's equal? (5) 27 Spare weapon? (5) 28 Has it no right to be
negative? (3)
30 One of the weakest
men on board (4)