A smooth and enjoyable ride this week
dd = double definition ( )* = anagram { } = omit < = reverse
ACROSS
1 Start to make mistake? Fine
GO OFF GOOF + F (should have read 2 words)
5 Local to walk awkwardly, namely a slowish pace
SCAMBLE SC AMBLE (sc is for scilicet = namely)
11 Grandfather’s benefit one cut
AVAL AVA{I}L
12 Faced with stone, variety of shale looking heated
ASHLERED (SHALE)* RED
13 The others have no work for now
REST dd
15 A Conservative in Government delivering top service
ACING A C IN G
16 What French Queen suggested – spirit in front of revolutionary
BRIOCHE BRIO CHE (“let them eat cake”)
18 Warder, busy chap hot out of condition
BEEFEATER BEE FEAT{H}ER
20 Covering with hard substance incorporated decay
INCRUSTING RUST in ICING
23 Crazed zealots unknown in framework of religious education reformer
PESTALOZZI (ZEALOTS)* in PI
24 Paratroopers cleared up bad actions
RED DEVILS REDD EVILS
28 In East End unpretentious work’s offering all you need?
ONE-STOP {H}ONEST OP
29 Murderer decapitated in bed
LAYER {S}LAYER
30 Gross magazine’s closing – here’s final issue
FATE FAT {magazin}E
31 Writer hazards shunning church impositions
PENANCES PEN {CH}ANCES
32 Hard bits in lamb
GRIT dd
33 Composer accepting second gift at the outset
HANDSEL S in HANDEL
34 Preferred railway etc to run
ELECT EL (ETC)*
DOWN
1 Fashion news from Sydney uproar no longer
GARBOIL GARB OIL
2 Like long socks, never OK if twisted over end of espadrille
OVERKNEE (NEVER OK E)*
3 Nothing unaltered in place of pleasure
OASIS O AS IS
4 Distant church employs comediennes
FARCEUSES FAR CE USES
6 Face this manoeuvering having secured elected leaders
CHIEFTAINS IN in (FACE THIS)*
7 Much visited place erected working construction system
MECCANO MECCA ON<
8 King held in important prison
BRIG R in BIG
9 Termination applied to student grant
LEND L END
10 Garden tool used in hedge regulation
EDGER hEDGE Regulation
14 Is French verse presented in superior deep tone?
CHEST VOICE (EST V) in CHOICE
17 Have English engaged in bad treatment, doing forFrench lamp?
VEILLEUSE ‘VE + E in ILLUSE
19 Suffering local epidemic, affected zone quickly picked up
ENZOOTIC (ZONE)* CITO<
21 Study includes old character, character in Holmes”s story
REDHEAD EDH in READ ‘The Red-Headed League” ACD
22 Composer’s big band reaching end of concert
TIPPETT TIPPET T
24 Vaughan Williams,say, showing cheer about recording
RALPH LP in RAH
25 Famous actor’s eccentricity to be very obvious
STARE STAR E
26 Good articles about Earth, personified thus?
GAEA G E in AA
27 Extremes of lousy navigation shown by woman
LYNN LousY NavigatioN
I won this one!!