CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PETER CHAMBERLAIN

SATURDAY, MARCH 23

ACROSS

1 Doesn’t this money go straight to the treasury? (8,8)

9 Try to outlaw agreement to forgo trials of nuclear weapons (4,3)

10 News of one who has been shot? (8)

12 Venturing around Italian city (5)

13 Spend when custom has risen (3,2)

14 Lachrymose old announcer? (5)

15 Last stage on board (7) 16 Decorator designed this Paris square (9)

17 Arizona detective an old Mexican (5)

19 Bring forth a young elephant or whale perhaps (5) 20 Article by engineers at that place (5) 22 Honestly in this kind trust (4,5)

24 Checkout lines (7)

26 United 1-0 (2,3)

27 Band together? (5)

29 Stroke of luck finding parasitic flatworm (5) 30 Real building material (8) 31 Ronald to go round twice in the city (7)

32 Tom spurned notice about money added to his account (8,8)

DOWN

1 Over and above or within business agreement (4,3,7) 2 Revolutionary record first, it’s a disgrace (9)

3 Tree coming from Nairobi

(7)

4 Magical way to call forth (7) 5 Some Melba toast turned up on board (5)

6 Two unknowns with Noel hop round to get the instrument (9)

7 Cutting ditch with a group of

conservationists (9) 8 Opening new codifier

daughter mislaid (7)

11 Weep bitterly over one

courtesy? Yes (3,4,4,3)

16 Act of cultivating slope hard

(5)

18 In which drinker could have

grounds for complaint? (6,3) 19 A neurotic mixed drink (9) 21 Queen and Cleo were moved by fluent speaking

(9)

23 From Oslo or Oviedo initially

some sherry (7)

24 As part of the main structure it is very firmly fixed (5-2)

25 Allude to note duplicated for

judge (7)

28 Flower material (5)