CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

8. Emperor who fooled no-one, pal (8)

9. Punctual reminder (6)

10. Sees marble smashed, then put together again (10)

11. Participate in a game drama (4)

12. Drink found in Wales (3)

13. Rugged kind of resentment (6)

16. Catch fourth illness and sicken (4)

17. Forever, in every direction, we hear (6)

18. Time sounds like it belongs to us (4)

21. Primitive organism seen in botanical garden (4)

22. Code initially left a bit (6)

23. City captured by brigands (4)

24. Looked hard at a deeper crisis (6)

26. Knock Pat back (3)

27. Chinese gooseberry bird (4)

28. Beat harder when the nap has worn off (10)

31. Coins spin round a gambling place (6)

32. Second letter helps certain musicians (8)

Down

1. Profession to rush in an uncontrolled way (6)

2. Plenty of sets offered at auction (4)

3. Harsh in treatment when cut to a point (6)

4. Rebuff the return of little cakes (4)

5. Paul to have a profound change (8)

6. Make amends for one step Mac took badly (10)

7. Talking about pink sage (8)

14. Tired mist turned into a skin problem (10)

15. Tree planted in Royal Derbyshire (5)

19. Earliest form of grain oil (8)

20. Rash troupe in revolution (8)

24. First penny increase to worship (6)

25. Scoundrel in time to make mistakes (6)

29. She’s a gem! (4)

30. Piece written about a lure (4)

6. In the original Band Aid version of Do They Know It’s Christmas, name either of the two singers who sing the line “There’s a world outside your window”.

7. In the lyrics of the song Living Next Door To Alice by Smokie, for how many years had the singer been “living next door to Alice”?

8. What two word phrase that means “blatant and unfair overcharging” is thought by many to have originated when King William III introduced an unpopular window tax?

9. In the opening line of the Bob Dylan song Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, what does the singer ask “Mama” to take from him?

10. What song with “window” in its title made Lita Roza the first British woman to top the UK singles chart?

QUIZ: 1. Rod Hull (on the TV show Emu’s World), 2. Experience, 3. Raspberry Beret (by Prince), 4. Battenberg cake, 5. b) a keyhole (it is only opened from the inside), 6. one from… Simon Le Bon and Sting, 7. 24, 8. Daylight robbery, 9. This badge (“Mama take this badge from me, I can’t use it anymore”), 10. How Much Is That Doggie in The Window?

25 Errata, 29 Ruby, 30 Bait.

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