Western Morning News (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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Across

3 Be burdensome in the way mentioned (5) 8 Drinks for the workers around central Hammersmit­h (5) 10 Tangle Victor in a real mess (5) 11 A name in faith healing (3) 12 To shatter central targets is terrific! (5) 13 Be prominent in crime (5,2) 15 One planet in seven, usually (5) 18 Eskimo name? (3) 19 Quieten down when suitably seated (6) 21 Game in which a girl holds a bat awkwardly (7) 22 To make a lot out of nothing is a bad thing to do (4) 23 It's shut up on many a morning (4) 24 Relatives in hospital (7) 26 Significan­tly, it sounds like a cymbal (6) 29 What you might make on a good day? (3) 31 Joyride around a European country (5) 32 Snake in devilish guise (7) 34 He could take a break from his job (5) 35 A couple of outworkers (3) 36 Did the business (5) 37 A gun part? (5) 38 To the listener, some lyrics are oldfashion­ed (5)

Down

1 He gets athletes to start and finish races! (5) 2 A game little creature (7) 4 Wyatt's name for a variety of pear (4) 5 Light-hearted composer, neverthele­ss stony (6) 6 Having caught out half the team, is unpopular (5) 7 Prove the crazy brute wrong! (5) 9 High priest in Heligoland (3) 12 Something to chew and cook, but you don't want it in your mouth (7) 14 Outfit selected from stock items (3) 16 Are they hard to hit on the head? (5) 17 Apparently goes southeast to the river (5) 19 Slip along with a lively list for the lady (7) 20 It's clear a girl has to go without nothing! (5) 21 Neither mother shares her name (5) 23 Not the straightfo­rward type, as I'm supposed to be (7) 24 Moonlight music? (6) 25 You haven't only one, dear heart (3) 27 Belgian part of Hungary, presumably (5) 28 It's religiousl­y read (5) 30 A striking innings (5) 32 Close down a seaside rail terminus (4) 33 Being a beast, we go back east (3)

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