Cryptic crossword

Across

1 Furnish with

flexibility (6)

7 Organ stops (8)

8 It's a long story (4) 10 Weapon for which gunners need a landing-place (6) 11 Quietly step up the

laudations (6)

14 Only pretend to

work? (3)

16 They aren't all that

colourful (5)

17 Sound a thick-headed

person (4)

19 Maxim, maybe, of

many an American (5) 21 Old Nick was

enthroned on one (5) 22 Food the teetotaller

has to pay out for (5) 23 Junior boys apt to get

lit up? (4)

26 Flare in wild

fashion (5)

28 Figure in the late

news (3)

29 Of the type to give a twist to the tail, I see (6)

30 Chiefly macho when

getting out of line (6) 31 An afterthought, note,

in church (4)

32 Might they possibly restrain racehorses? (8) 33 Doing one's best to be

irksome (6)

Down

1 Erects constructively

under cover (6) 2 Sound position for a

swimmer (6)

3 We need a new one

annually (4)

4 Ancient skill in bridge

building (7)

5 I go round the city (5) 6 It's foolish of them to

cut classes (5)

8 Cover for a spell (4) 9 Become a bit

fidgety (3)

12 Mark has the article

I'm after (3)

13 One injected

acidly? (5)

15 Dot it as

aforementioned (5) 18 Two quartets don't necessarily make one (5)

19 Heady reward for a

tricky trio? (3)

20 He's sunny, but not

Jim (3)

21 Outstanding stranger

in the street (7) 22 Drink up, chum (3) 23 It's fey, perhaps, that such an excitable woman might be called (6)

24 Daughter of the

woman next door? (4) 25 Mentioning an old

saw (6)

26 Half a ton (5)

27 Ruler sometimes

breathless (5) 28 Obtain a supply with a word of thanks, softly (3)

30 The upright part of a

Christmas tree (4)