Western Morning News (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Supplies of flowers (6)

7 Guns possibly heard around, when there's a war (8)

8 Pool game? (4)

10 Vessel involved in a storm? (6)

11 A flight can get one among the stars! (6)

14 Did the spadework (3)

16 A small dry area (5)

17 Mother joins the saints in a church service (4)

19 See a flier as a villain! (5)

21 Derivative­ly, today's his day (5)

22 It never made strong chains (5)

23 Dairy suppliers in a Moscow suburb (4)

26 He had the golden touch, one imagines (5)

28 Name shared by Karajan and Janacek (3)

29 Praises an old salt shaker (6)

30 Coal miner's dog? (6)

31 Looking nasty enough to plug? (4)

32 The number of trees associated with Covent Garden (4,4)

33 Where to learn how to get out of a car? (6)

Down

1 Though orderly, can get messy around the end of August (6)

2 A reptile to us, a flower to you (6)

3 Possibly posh emporium (4)

4 Published erudition with the rude bit cut out (7)

5 Raise objections in numbers about midday (5)

6 Eat a lot too quickly out of hearty greed (5)

8 In cricket, they go to leg (4)

9 Pull some plugs out (3)

12 Demand when you finish work (3)

13 Make newer somehow (5)

15 Method of making gold turn red! (5)

18 Stick to fax, if possible (5)

19 Member of the San Francisco police (3)

20 Over five missing (3)

21 Layabout offering a treatment for warts to a key figure (7)

22 As a correspond­ent, needs a pen (3)

23 Visitor at bingo? (6)

24 But ahead, finishing early (4)

25 On which playmates have their ups and downs (6)

26 Suggests it's nasty, being so loveless (5)

27 Boy with an Irish air (5)

28 Just beginning to go back for a bit of exercise (3)

30 On the billiard table, a resilient all-rounder (4)

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