The Channel Crossword

“Bob that is David” set by Mãyã (https://mayaofauckland.com), especially for Channel each month. No. 68

Across

1 Hippies' passive resistance to hydroelectricity? (6,5) 9 Information: a modicum comes from the right wing (4) 10 Film starring 27's magical realist story and essay collection (10) 11 Artist was Buddhist leader (not a Lama) (4) 13/21 31 and 11's collaboration launched a union group (2,5,7) 15 Revel in having relation to chrysalis, retrospectively (3,2) 17 A small part of the sex trade (5) 18 Nice and cold, and so on (3) 20 Reckon war god's arrived in time (7) 21 See 13 22 The Spanish maiden may suffer from a Dutch disease (3) 24 Pastorale held back by "Lavender Blue, Dilly

Dilly" (5) 25 We have time for tradition (5) 26 She has a large drink, I'm told... (7) 29 ...a large drink that makes son lose control (4) 32 Japanese entertainer almost came in to marry

Sue, which could split the group (5,5) 33 Coward at Christmas? (4) 34 Rupert saw the crime? (4,7)

Down

2 Unreal ruler? (4) 3 These sound like Ernie's reasons (4) 4 Have power to nearly cause a flare up (5) 5 Won a drawing contest? (7) 6 Cash boy with directions to follow? (5) 7 "Tra-la!" lent a flourish to the dance (10) 8 Apes heard to transport jazz enthusiast to rivers in the UK (11) 12 Sad and alien work created by 27 (7,4) 13 15's a new Swedish city (7) 14 Required massage exhaustive, say (7) 16 Political divisions (with invitations written by 26?) (5,5) 18 Inspect headlight with lashes (3) 19 Raincoat turned back an English river (3) 23 Girl mounted and rode back in 1930 film (4,3) 27 Bob - that is, David (5) 28 Chief Justice Nicholas imprisons Britons (5) 30 Identifier 'e lost from Ibsen play (4) 31 Lutetium is first name of maker of 23, and second name of author of 10 (4)

Solution to last month's crossword

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