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| Across | ||
| 1 | ATELIER | On my plough, cut chunks of bread and cheese (7) |
| On my plate lie rough cut chunks of bread and cheese | ||
| 7 | INTI | It’s important to game that we quicken the pace (4) |
| It’s important to gain time that we quicken the pace | ||
| 10 | UNAMERCED | Can you afford to resand a second car? (9) |
| Can you afford to run a Mercedes and a second car? | ||
| 11 | EECHS | Using old methods a doctor studies specimens – his luck’s out (5) |
| Using old methods a doctor studies specimens his leech sucks out | ||
| 12 | LAISSE | Is our local, Pat, to close with dwindling support for hops? (6) |
| Is our local palais set to close with dwindling support for hops? | ||
| 14 | NEONATAL | I haven’t seen the whole group but there was OK show last night (8) |
| I haven’t seen the whole group but there was one on a talk show last night | ||
| 15 | TIPI | It’s most important which back to play with (4) |
| It’s most important which bat I pick to play with | ||
| 17 | ENTERAL | Memories of earlier mistakes return to give the repast sense of shame (7) |
| Memories of earlier mistakes return to give the repenter a last sense of shame | ||
| 18 | PERFORATE | I often read through the sport’s past performance (9) |
| I often read through the sports paper for a test performance | ||
| 21 | AVERROIST | Ales getting drunk after exams but school turns a blind eye (9) |
| A leaver roists getting drunk after exams but school turns a blind eye | ||
| 23 | WESTLIN | Does the pithiest poet make the most of the fees? (7) |
| Does the pithiest poet make the most of the fewest lines? | ||
| 25 | MIRA | As mystics go I’d place him well up in the swanking! (4) |
| As mystics go I’d place him well up in the swami ranking! | ||
| 27 | ANDERSON | A billy found in Dutch waters (8) |
| A bilander’s only found in Dutch waters | ||
| 29 | ASSENT | Katharina is that feisty, lamed by Petruchio (6) |
| Katharina is that feisty lass entamed by Petruchio | ||
| 30 | RUMBA | Striving for an audience, an orator in the middle of the fowls (5) |
| Striving for an audience, an orator in the middle of the forum bawls | ||
| 31 | TEA TASTER | The angry captain cautioned his first man dressing down (9, 2 words) |
| The angry captain cautioned his first mate at a stern dressing down | ||
| 32 | ESDA | His voice may be heard in English homily (4) |
| His voice may be heard in English homes daily | ||
| 33 | MEDALET | The last in the series filtered group of academics at work (7) |
| The last in the series filmed a lettered group of academics at work | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | AMENTIA | Unmoved by alms, Tony faced withholding charity (7) |
| Unmoved by a lament I am stony faced withholding charity | ||
| 2 | TWEE | Could others make a better fist of things than the selected? (4) |
| Could others make a better fist of things than the set we elected? | ||
| 3 | ENCOPRESIS | In face of angry mobs I’ve never set urge to wield a baton (10) |
| In face of angry mobs I’ve never seen cop resist urge to wield a baton | ||
| 4 | INSANER | Trivial malfunctioning in a computer pad, maybe (7) |
| Trivial malfunctioning in a computer pains a nerd, maybe | ||
| *5 | EASTER | Christian festival (6) |
| 6 | DEALT | Why is the Brie ring her ensemble for the ceremony? (5) |
| Why is the bride altering her ensemble for the ceremony? | ||
| 7 | IRID | I love knitting, especially gloves – this paid for my wife’s birthday (4) |
| I love knitting, especially gloves – this pair I did for my wife’s birthday | ||
| 8 | TESTATOR | Earlier elections gave us Labour MPs but after the layman prevailed (8) |
| Earlier elections gave us Labour MPs but after the latest a Tory man prevailed | ||
| 9 | IDEAL | A poor recent record has meant my supporting the sot less (5) |
| A poor recent record has meant my supporting the side a lot less | ||
| 13 | STRABISMAL | In India after the bet is in plentiful supply (10) |
| In India after the best rabis malt is in plentiful supply | ||
| 16 | INVERSES | ‘In’ latex was clearly a subject far from taboo in Rome (8) |
| In Latin verse sex was clearly a subject far from taboo in Rome | ||
| 19 | OSIERED | Might Oscar ever have preferred his image of brawn? (7) |
| Might Oscar ever have preferred his image of Bosie redrawn? | ||
| 20 | EMANANT | For an obliquity may reveal his title’s origins (7) |
| For a nobleman antiquity may reveal his title’s origins | ||
| 22 | INDITE | You have a dog, do you? Mating whatever it fancies? (6) |
| You have a dog, do you? Mind it eating whatever it fancies? | ||
| 23 | WRATE | You’ll find many lionized in life nod lower (5) |
| You’ll find many lionized in life now rated lower | ||
| 24 | LANAI | It can be unbearably painful to pull out (5) |
| It can be unbearably painful to pull a nail out | ||
| 26 | KETA | Before a banquet host’s listing wines to be served (4) |
| Before a banquet hosts like tasting wines to be served | ||
| 28 | OBOE | If it’s there on offer, you’l always see a hat free of charge (4) |
| If it’s there on offer, you’l always see a hobo eat free of charge | ||