
ACROSS 1 Bored
with own broadcast (5) 4 Sticky buns are
messy on one’s lap (9) 9 Got accepted
around the end of September (7) 10
Conductor, on file perhaps, disconcerts
(7) 11 Used to be with Ted getting smashed
(3) 12 Disreputable old German plods from
East into West as instructed (5) 13 Old
sailors – bit flashy (6) 16 Retiring
Kampala postman has a heart of stone
(4) 17 First sign of hedgehogs in country
round school (5) 18 Network leadership
usurped by follower – sensitive up North
(4) 20 Digs a trench – undermines drains
(4) 21 Turns over and checks
(5) 22 Totter goes back for a sly look
(4) 25 Bad temper about the French is
largely wasted (6) 27 Bracing air found in
Australia, then seconds of Fosters, snags and Merlot
(5) 29 Dive ends when last of sharks has
gone – dive leader goes first (3) 31
Chestiness? It’s fluid leaving the tubes
(7) 32 Skilled in Old English – lacks
depth – supervise! (7) 33 Clerical
assistant runs a gaff abroad (9) 34
Miserable specimen, back around home counties, cops stunner
(5)
DOWN 1 Red-hot top with nothing
on bum (4) 2 If you have to dress so
smartly you’ll have to hurry up (4,5) 3
Principles from the mothers of most setters?
(6) 4 Ill-disposed? That’s gin not wind
however (15) 5 “Queen and heir on mountain
with Ron”, nothing in wordplay says what he might be
(8,7) 6 Hidden talent for sculpture
(6) 7 Anything from Yorkshire enthrals the
French junior Member of Parliament (5) 8
Band’s guitarist’s second to none! (4) 14
Dismembered body part or some bit of it
(5) 15 Vegetable is pronounced seriously
overcooked (5) 19 Start to expect Les
about seven-ish for a morning snack!
(9) 23 Defence review makes an uneven case
for fighter (6) 24 It’s most painful? Well
take it easy (6) 26 Academic briefly rings
round for evidence (5) 28 Flags of Britain
boy’s beginning to get installed in Spain on Sunday
(4) 30 Career hooligan missing on holiday
(4)
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