CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PETER CHAMBERLAIN
ACROSS
1 Bolt’s partner with woman in front had fruit (8)
6 Bird in a duel oddly gaining height (8)
10 Water jump (6)
11 Would it make collier lightheaded? (6,4)
12 Thinking about swings and roundabouts being impartial (4-6)
14 Men are becoming less generous (6)
15 When warmed up one should sing (6)
16 At will, mole moved at depth that had never been reached (3-4,3)
18 Five, that is to say, on day one competed (4) 19 Edward accepted relative had been provoked (7) 21 Divorcees’ financial allowances (4)
22 Another made square disguise (10) 26 Commission estimated to be
most appealing (6)
27 Lady barely seen in the
saddle (6)
28 Down-to-earth sort of
Roman tunic (10)
30 Moving into domain despite
rebuke (10)
31 Well in the North Sea (3,3) 32 Vegetation growing beside
eastern railway (8) 33 Excessive quantity of what
the doctor ordered? (8) DOWN
2 Where New Year’s Day comes before New Year’s Eve (12,5)
3 Note Russian aircraft regarded as having moved abroad (9)
4 Inattentive Nigel confused
the fellow (9)
5 Youth, going round before
lunch, subdued (5) 6 Sheltered rebellious
Andrew? Not right (5) 7 Clots throb, I’m indisposed (7) 8 Cultivation to continue until maturity (7)
9 Water down whiskies? (6,4,7)
13 Length fellow traveller has written out twice (3)
16 A bottomless jar contains half buck in African capital (5)
17 Inside villa there’s machine used for turning (5) 20 Unwrite music? That’s rot (9)
21 Got involved with wrong net having tried to catch fish (9) 23 Don made citation about nine (7)
24 Dodgy vase smashed at quarter past four (7) 25 Large number at home row (3)
28 Some fun if you become one (5)
29 Ronald to make musical work (5)