CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PETER CHAMBERLAIN

ACROSS

1 Enthusiast who is currently dangerous? (4,4)

5 Needed 24 sheets in a bright colour (8)

10 One of the last ones still in competition (8)

12 Cure worker that is eating small amount (8)

13 More tranquil-sounding fate (5) 14 Increase prices when swelling has risen (4,2)

15 Let rip with limited edition (6) 16 Long story about the Orient (5) 17 One yet to adjoin (4)

21 Energy at present enough in the past (4)

22 It’s exciting with this plate collapsing (13)

24 Enforceable agreement that’s lawful to be shortened (5,8) 27 Give out some of them items (4) 28 Cry wolf (4)

30 Wrongfully assume right (5) 32 Excuse concerning a junior (6) 33 Cricketer accepted single decoration for tiger perhaps (3,3)

34 Country where father is in January (5)

36 Neat gash has no dirt in it (5-3) 37 Fellow put Arabic fastener in paste (8)

38 Learned student, read it again

(8)

39 Arranged one behind another, cyclically? (2,6)

DOWN

1 Somehow, if able to, rescue vessel (8)

2 Move us on round being full of spite (8)

3 Beast breaking law on short grass (6)

4 Endlessly perilous chance (4) 6 Lady in bed naked! (4)

7 One in Rouen is formerly at such a hairdresser’s salon perhaps (6) 8 Storing another egg inside whilst perching (8)

9 Wine Dodd blended subsided (4,4) 11 How one on a two-seater might stay in the background? (4,1,4,4) 12 Armed with camera in forming US ideals (8,5)

18 Communicate electronically using bird sound (5)

19 Lisa accepted inclusion of Jacob’s father (5)

20 Learner in bloodstained splendour (5)

21 Man expressing disagreement in eastern church (5)

23 Relating to measurement of verses (8)

24 Melting a disintegrating fibrous tissue (8)

25 Do chat up cook using computer input device (8) 26 Metallic blonde (8) 29 Monopolise tight spot (6)

31 One tucking into pie in square (6)

34 Medieval tournament, not old, is fair (4)

35 Bread unchanged on the way up (4)