Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

3 Hit the wicket, as the ball may do (5) 8 Get clean away from the informal London prison! (5) 10 Buddy's name for a girl (5) 11 All round, maybe, it's marginal (3) 12 Plan to accept one as experiment­al (5) 13 Chatters with the chaps doing the inoculatio­ns? (7) 15 Stimulate a youngster with a bit of dope (3,2) 18 Tucked into a little entrance, out of the wind (3) 19 Something a pupil may do (6) 21 The account for vin rosé, possibly (7) 22 Study for a lecture? (4) 23 Be inclined to be a cad (4) 24 Goes round to stare curiously (7) 26 Poet who never had a damp room (6) 29 Legally, Peter the painter takes her in (3) 31 A quick note (5) 32 Foxy females, formerly, in places (7) 34 Express in absolute terms (5) 35 I again show anger (3) 36 A slow movement (5) 37 Unreactive form of nitre (5) 38 Low fellow proficient in gliding (5)

Down

1 A bit of a fight (5) 2 What the stomach did as one suffered after a drink? (7) 4 Flag girl, a bit of an eyeful (4) 5 Jaw about the work of a composer (6) 6 Establishm­ent with a house phone (5) 7 Hit that nail! (5) 9 Tease one in a cage? (3) 12 Just the place for fast music at its north end (7) 14 Always short of beer? (3) 16 Walks in space (5) 17 Strips off and goes back to sleep (5) 19 Surely she wouldn't really cheat on a bet? (7) 20 Pushes softly with sticks (5) 21 Chekhov's uncle (5) 23 Providing a quantity of food as aid (7) 24 Where Shep from Shepperton might have gone to school (6) 25 Thanks for the kiss, but there's still something to pay (3) 27 Large birds running around like hares (5) 28 What the American pharmacist has in store (5) 30 Westerner's hard heart (5) 32 Try to get an interview with a Korean leader (4) 33 Mineral content of hellebore (3)

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