Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Work calling for many

a fresh horse (6) 7 Resolutely get a rapid

grip on things? (4,4) 8 Fail to gain a sole

option (4)

10 Inspirited by elevated

parts (6)

11 Being quick to take in the tax people is a crime (6)

14 Where there's a queue to get in the gardens? (3) 16 Libertines with dirty

teeth? (5)

17 The girl had brought

an action (4)

19 What anybbody in my clutches has to pay! (5)

21 Hesitate to be the flag

bearer (5)

22 Dead wrong about

one being helped (5) 23 Open-handed

treatment of pals (4) 26 Given a hand in ideal

terms (5) 28 Dealt with some

gateaux (3)

29 Critical half hour for

the little man (6) 30 Quietly persuaded to

get purified (6) 31 Spins out for less than

a week, especially (4) 32 Is to run around with

a container (8) 33 Speak in a semi-silent

way! (6)

Down

1 Wherein to field for a

number of overs (6) 2 Like one's objections to that little bounder Edward (6)

3 The girl had to be got

rid of (4)

4 As an enthusiast, excitedly read about a space station (7)

5 If you fancy canoeing, you can take this up (5) 6 Keeps a ship out of

the water (5) 8 A bad leak makes more than a puddle (4)

9 Join up in Oswestry (3) 12 Fishy fellow? (3)

13 She changed Lewis

Carroll's character (5) 15 Old sea-dog? (5)

18 So this is better, albeit

inferior (5)

19 Very keen to be master

over many (3)

20 Can he be

preserved? (3)

21 See a Harrison Ford

film (7)

22 A half mile to the pint,

perhaps? (3)

23 Master switch for the

current (6)

24 Eleven supporters? (4) 25 Can be helpful if one

is up the creek (6) 26 Like a diseased

elm? (5)

27 Go in some pain (5) 28 Possibly great flier (3) 30 For which the hair stylist needs some new premises (4)

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