Crosswords & puzzles

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PETER CHAMBERLAIN

ACROSS 1 Take away what isn’t really there (8) 6 An attractive tune could be deceptive (6)

11 Do not start to register time at end of work during closure (7) 12 Record fellow, one with a madness about one particular 33 thing (9)

13 From slum, baron could have had less than usual intelligence (9)

14 Some fail mental test because of illness (7)

15 Line to go off at? (7)

16 Person repairing implements found leak motor developed (9) 17 Composer butchers arrangement (8) 19 Not working out (2,6) 23 Deserted place where spirits can be found? (5,4) 26 Tubette? (7)

29 One in hospital who’s longsuffering (7)

30 Notorious gorge I use by

arrangement (9)

31 Not half wet! (9)

32 Item used in partial payment I ranted about (5-2)

Bachelor of letters, he was very happy (6)

34 Lose out in time having been

left alone (8)

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2 Support worktable used by MPs (9)

3 Having a pair of colours, not a pair of sounds (3-4)

4 Letter I am redirecting about measuring instrument (9) 5 Short-time worker is not on time (8)

6 Can vote out small amount of South American money (7) 7 It’s the occasion to restrict period allowed (4-5)

8 Fowl to feed itself will behave in a domineering way (7) 9 Room near junction (6) 10 Arrangement of flowerbeds by associate not using nitrogen about to be completed (8)

17 It shows one the way to finish correspondence (8)

18 Milk product and what it contains (9)

20 PS inherit abnormal disease (9)

21 Not a lookout man? (9) 22 Petrol might be but pencils aren’t (8)

24 Most favourable work on Timothy, a pupil (7)

25 Stick out of broken redoubt (7) 27 Greedy person thanks Italian for braid of hair (7)

28 Relaxing, letting 50 go (6)