Western Daily Press (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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Across

3 Wee bit waspish, was it? (5) 8 Artist evicted from a caravan in Ireland (5) 10 Shows a list of footwear parts (5) 11 On the quiet, dad doesn't need his teeth for it (3) 12 Something afoot for the cyclist (5) 13 He takes care to need only a month to compose a trio (7) 15 Possibly final appeals? (5) 18 That website woman (3) 19 Noted persons (possibly pianists?) (3,3) 21 Like a variant of the red teal (7) 22 Like those piano pieces in E, say? (4) 23 Being upset by pals can be a blow (4) 24 Hurry to sink the ship (7) 26 The richest young people can have such coughs (6) 29 Regret taking the part of Pantagruel (3) 31 It's quickly made (5) 32 Period of green developmen­t by company outsiders (7) 34 In 'The Tempest', the part I'm in a real mess with! (5) 35 Something like a tank tax? (3) 36 Child with a devious brain (5) 37 What a toper may do wrong in the garden shed (5) 38 He should manage to get the tone right (5)

Down

1 Land of lacquer (5) 2 Hit casually yet quickly (7)4 Declare Vera to be at fault (4) 5 Measured up formally? (6) 6 Entertainm­ent with vision (5) 7 Small plants blown about in a gale (5) 9 It carries goods in advance (3) 12 The power cleverly to copy out a number (7) 14 One may add to the family (3) 16 Zola, perhaps (or could it be Heskey?) (5) 17 Photos of bridges being raised? (5) 19 May go flying off the side of the helterskel­ter! (7) 20 Sit in the upper chamber (5) 21 Fools cavorting in wild seas around Spithead (5) 23 Arms cases (7) 24 Enters as a novelist (6) 25 Pull out of Portugal (3) 27 Meat for the boys (5) 28 Initiate as a nervous reaction? (5) 30 Person of many parts (5) 32 Where to end a united state in the United States (4) 33 The rest may be had after a meal (3)

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