Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Is going back East,

perhaps, for a rest (6) 7 Became united in

service (6,2)

8 Dad's double (4)

10 A wordy beginning (6) 11 Did he make his name

by getting in a rut? (6) 14 Unusually fat at the

rear (3)

16 In a way, roses can

hurt! (5)

17 She appears in a novel

saga (4)

19 Given a second

occupation (5)

21 Made a short cut

across the lawn (5) 22 Took up arms with the

boys (5)

23 Annual decrease (4) 26 Stain removal from

fabric (5)

28 Wherein wine bottles

can get dusty? (3) 29 Get hold of some

chicks (6)

30 Not the only one in

the soup! (6) 31 An altogether singular

basketful? (4)

32 At the seafront centre, admitting looking dissatisfi­ed (8) 33 Discovered how to make licentious love in a couple of letters! (6)

Down

1 Exemplary politician in

a Northern town (6) 2 Where insular Scots can move fast at half fare? (6)

3 Poetically, he indicated

a yes with a kiss (4) 4 Introduced a safety device amid chaotic din (7)

5 Summer snake? (5) 6 Notices in places (5) 8 Wild apes can be

identical twins! (4)

9 A stone mine? (3) 12 Take a shot at a

trophy (3) 13 Be repulsive as you stagger round the piano (5)

15 Hebrew, to the Spanish, is a treasure (5)

18 Nearest thing to a

boozer (5)

19 Stick usable as a

perch, once (3) 20 Guided, as by a little

red light maybe (3) 21 Cutting up words,

perhaps? (7)

22 In a state of lassitude,

take a rest (3)

23 Cave man who got a duplicated letter from Fine Gael (6)

24 Busy workers' degree

of instant success (4) 25 Given fifty quid in dole, perhaps, took it easy (6)

26 Abrade the cuffs? (5) 27 Teacher organised a tour to central

Austria (5)

28 Be good at getting

alms (3)

30 Eleven parts of a relay

race? (4)

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