Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Bootlegger­s port? (6) 7 Superlativ­ely

youthful (8)

8 They keep quiet about the hard water at Maidenhead (4) 10 Drop it and the stand

is broken! (6)

11 It may be waning a

shade (6)

14 Slightly less illuminati­on can be clever (3)

16 They can be matches

for various teams (5) 17 Girl got up as a

flower (4)

19 Bad day out! (5) 21 Continue with

mounting success (3,2) 22 Try an out-of-the-way

blend of tea (5)

23 Do they contain mild

shocks? (4)

26 Exclude going back to bed to get a bit warm (5)

28 Terence's phone? (3) 29 Like an incompeten­t

seaman? (6)

30 Has she half a life with

a man? (6)

31 When keeping a team

in line (4)

32 A much holed

vessel (8)

33 It's just like that

Lisa woman to be a grouser! (6)

Down

1 Dairy produce, say, at

Wembley Central (6) 2 Journey half a mile in

one jump! (6)

3 Viewed as having a

hackneyed ending (4) 4 Getting warmed up, he may run all over the garden (7)

5 It's no credit when one

is in debt (5)

6 Hunted animals, game

to take part? (5)

8 Girl in a state? (4) 9 Retiring to copy the

piano part out (3) 12 Any upset can be

discouragi­ng (3) 13 Certainly not raising

some revenue! (5) 15 Blackish mole? (5) 18 Dated ways, as in

former days (5)

19 His desire has no

passion (3)

20 Glen or Sebastian (3) 21 Flowers for Judy (7) 22 The bill for drinks or

some eatables (3) 23 For her, Emil almost finishes in a terrible jam! (6)

24 Seems to parody a girl,

unfortunat­ely (4) 25 Joint holder (6)

26 Bad scholar, but he may have been capped (5)

27 May be sportingly

whipped off (5)

28 A diminutive and

familiar statesman (3) 30 Work the land on a distant mountain top (4)

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