Holiday cryptic crossword

Press, 26 December 1985, Page 8

Holiday cryptic crossword

ACROSS 1 When a lot comes to tea there’s a whole group (5) 6 Below there is over here 13 sap I see has turned to jelly (5) 16 I jet a change to disturb it 17 There’s an early start for French fathers electrically speaking (7) 18 Nothing to fly with but it’s certainly due (5) 19 Return from Eton with the news-sheet to write on (9) 20 Tally the broken cores (5) 21 Such a tidy soldier to have in the mess (7) 23 The inner quality is mainly seen in a German city (7) 25 Top me for speed and rhythm (5) 26 Someone to help the cleaner at a party? (7) 30 Is one era enough to exalt it? (5) 31 Get near T.C. for a delicious drink (6) 32 The force of the little devil’s performance (6) 33 Not quite crude — just discourteous (4) 35 Ed paid with a spear and then vanished (11) 36 Pause with the remainder (4) 38 The nuisance begins to pound it (6) 40 Little Edwin meets with high regard (6) 43 Plunder it and get fired (5) 44 Les gets wind of the deception (7) 45 Sugar for the vigilant watcher (5) 46 Gather.together at a service (5) .48 Mails sent out to the Mohammedans (5) 49 P. meets the groom and makes a killing (6) 52 It’s in his hands and he can be found in the studio 0) 54 .The advantages of being little donkeys (6) 56 He read about it and it will stick (6) 57 Divers use it only to find it against them (6) 58 See me lean out to find the' paint (6) 59 Peers ever go off to keep on striving (9) 62 Ten complete the lap with a roller (6) . 64 Set low it becomes the worst possible kind (6) 65 How the beater gets his discount (6) 66 Put aside the Southerner’s axe handle (6) 67 Such an angiy outburst at being out of gear (4) 68 Waste time merely to let it stand (4) 69 Red goes out and is put to flight (6) 70 It lets us get involved in the fight (6) 74 Emphasise the condition of the girl’s tresses (6) 77 Cast gloom over the African newspapers (7) 80 Type of meat obtained from live reptiles (5) 81 Puts air into it when it is set in the area (7) 84 They all return with mother and the animal (5) 86 He’s quite a card! The very best' (5) 88 Replace it with a mixture of pure seeds (9) 89 There’s no tag on this flace! (5) take ten drums for the first stage (9) 92 It takes 100 Romans or 1 American soldier to take out the- royal dog (5) 93 I’m past .looking for my optical counterpart (5), 94 The girl set out looking for Cartilage (7) 95 Of a number frequently (5) 97 Sing about ale and obtaining it under contract (7) 98 I make out D.N. cries about it (7) 101 Permission from a good looking one takes a lacing (7) 104 Little Reginald and I begin to become involved in administration (6) 108 Spare a broken weapon? 109 Combines it with his

former gestures (6) 112 Concerning that meetingplace — you’ve earned it 114 Inferior fruit may be ex-

alted (7) 115 So to visit Rome may make one gloomy (6) 116 Finally perform for my lady (7) 117 Good advice from a bookie

and so handy (3-3) 118 See the Commanding Officer clean up and then hide it (J) 119 Set it out in those far

ranges (7) 120 Left behind by a derelict finally (6)

121 Sin with a mug — you’ll find it entertaining (7) 122 It’s fit to become you, this wardrobe (6) 123 The nine met in such a conspicuous way (7) 124 50 Romans take the dog

and join the colonist (7) 125 What tender thoughts to accompany us there (6) 128 Beats them up and then aids them by encouragement (5) 130 Paused, entered and then became seated within (6) 134 Scorns little Edwin the

way they examine things 137 Srry on trying like Sister P. when she’s disturbed (7) 141 Little brother on the barge likes to snatch things (7) 142 Pose in the deep South with the constables (5) 143 The printer goes off to set up his type once more (7) 144 Tim joins the F.U. in plain clothes (5) 145 The wine gushes out to produce a good hot toddy 146 A cup of Eastern latex is enough to absolve you (9) 147 With such dread I ven-

tured out (5) 149 R. and his pet coins are finally discovered by the examiner (9) 150 Is Rae in the harem? (5) 151 The lock at the rear of the

fortress (5) - 152 Serve Ed right' He’ll earn it (7) 155 Make long cuts in a hammock’s lashings (5) 156 Little Leslie observes the lease holders. (7) 160 There’s no side with this

inventor (6) 163 There’s a method in having such flimsy stems (6) 165 Little Edwin joins the gang only to have found fault (6) / ; •. 166 Practically yearh to merit consideration (4) 167 The testament 'of little

' William (4) .. 168 The art of mixing pie as shown by a sea robber (6) 169 Young Vincent goes East just to prove it beyond doubt (6) 171 Rode it around likea man,

« of the press (6) .. 172 It’s a mere pastime finding something to eat (6) 174 Tried to upset D.S. and became quite twisted by it 0) 175 Dispossesses them when Vic set out (6) 177 Will L.T. rave about his trips? (6) 178 Married men are to be seen in the drawing room sitting it out (6) 179 Walk like this, Ducky! (6) 131 Pete gets a sixer with such know-how (9) 184 Drooped like Ed and his gags (6) 186 I’m sad about the king and his touching ways (5) 188 There’s a flood of tom tapes (5) 190 Leo’s come to tea in his long robe (5) 191 Cheer with S.M. — the plotter (7) 193 Applauds and finally praises (5) 194 007 is first in at the spiritualists’ meeting (6) 196 Find some rank in the state of the nation (6) 198 Such probability is so very uneven (4) 200 Is sugar in a reel so offputting? Well, it makes it constant (11) 201 Most emit a thin support from the inside (4) 204 Bow over on the mat, you animal! (6) 205 Cheats by breaking a bag of perfume over it! (6) 207 Widen out when lit up (5) 208 I’d sing at tea and come up with all the news (7) 212 Miss Gardner and I begin to find some benefit (5) 213 Sat about only to ride with a leg on either side (7) 216 It’s surer for us to upset those high interest takers 218 QK. son! Get in those

corners (5) 219 Lies about a bull and how they put you to sleep (9) 220 Swanns to see me set about it (5) 221 Errs and then goes off on messages (7) 222 The funeral ode is located in deep ice (7) 223 Behead the weasel and go to the head of the class (5) 224 Need a treat then ask earnestly for it! We have! (9) 225 The doctor begins to find the remains useless (5) DOWN 1 You pig! Walk on it! (7) 2 It’s a neat sea made orderly. (7) 3 A convict with nothing bn is apt to get wet there. (6)

4By way of pipes or bridges. (8) 5 The sharp arrow finds the V young salmon. (4) 6 Why go back “to the study and then say you didn’t? ‘ (4) 7 The spell-caster has humour at first. (5) 8 Walked on at the Cup, perhaps? (5) 9 Deceived by a dude with the initial P. (5) 10 It’s a poor area for such uncommon things. (4) 11 You’re in the soup with this numbered musical work. (4) 12 Cater for a nut but cut it short. (8) 13 Declare strongly that asters are the .cause of it.

(6) 14 It’s for the line, let’s face it- (7) 15 100 blush and ten become confused. That takes some believing! (7) 22 Rolls Royce deals are an asset to the housewife. (7) 24 You need to be more than fly to outwit them. (7) ows them into the play. (5) 27 Pa returns to show the . way and settle it.. (7) 28 Corrected by resurrected dead men. (7) 29 East of the lake there’s something weird. (5) 34 Poor humour from the students becomes something of a myth. (7) 37 It takes coal to sink a ship. (7) 38 How to pose for money. (4) 39 The hawk’s split the atom for the Indians. (9) 41 See Stan alter it and work out its meaning. (9) 42 The planet’s up in arms. ’ (4) 47 T. creeps into the royal staff. (7) 48 Striven he turns it upside down. (7) 50 See R.R. amble about like a footballer, for instance.

(7) 51 You’ll find the tools set up in the mall. (7) 53 It’s nothing for men to see a sign of the future. (4) 54 Pa’s joined, the seer to slander. (7) 55 It’s the last up to a flat •spoon event (7) ; < 58 Ed goes to sea and feels comforted by it. (5) 60 Gee! You mix with relations and are told what to do by them. (11) 61 Go in and retain the concoction just for amusement. (ii), • . 63 So end it with some lumps. (5) 71 Sued her and was conducted to a seat. (7) 72 Chooses for hundreds: to be caught in the sleet. (7) 73 Move nearer to be baked in it. (4) 75 Give the rev. some rope and he’ll rebuke you. (7) 76 And Sal’s gone out in them without socks. (7) 78 The drink without the pong is still going off. (7) 79 Tear into the rum and discover your mistake. (7) 82 Storm about with a sheep in court. (7) 83 When tea is just about over you are looking after things. (7) 85 A look at a lake for eagles. (5) ’ 87 You mix sake and receivq an edict from Russia! (5) 88 You are dressed in rags, you sweet thing. (5) 91 The age bf the steamship is determined by wise men. (5) 96 R. passes the rest of the sinners. (11) 99 With four Romans in the event ready in contrivance. (9) 100 Reg goes North for a scone with people of the same nature. (9) 102 Turns the tables in ire and frees them. (9) 103 Get those legs on the train! You cut quite a figure! (9) 105 The Eastern rat, for instance can be quite caustic. (7) 106 So I idle about and worship you. (7) ' 107 Built to satisfy the E.T. and his creed. (7) 109 Or meets somewhere way out up there. (7) 110 That creed finds it repeated from memory.

(7) 111 No! I save it from becoming an excuse. (7) 113 The clatter made by such showy splendour. (5) 114 This tag's good for holding deer. (5) 125 Glean it in the corner. (5) 126 Canters about in sleeplike states. (7) 127 Ran off with Blue creating a faint misty appearance in so doing. (7)

128 I pass and then I’d star with -the floral arrangements. (11) 129 S.P. then drifts and throws his money around. (11) 131 State it to be very fast. (7) 132 It’s Peel and his disturbed writing. (7) 133 Catch a trout for your guardian. (5) 134 Invented a race with Red. 135 Retributive justice seen in those S.E. mines. (7) 136 Of ferrets and the bid they produce. (5) 138 You gore the scoundrel. (5) 139 Maintains he sits in with S. .. (7) 140 Let it put the rest under the table. (7) 148 The mare gets disturbed by paper. (4) 152 Or Don becomes a giver. (5) 153 And Glen goes out in the country. (7) 154 Ted and Eve take tea to the mounted sentry. (7) 157 Press me to become a ruler. (7) 158 Or sting it when rearrranging and classifying- (7) 159 Paces out like those pests. 161 I’m it! Not A. 1 — merely a copy. (9) 162 We require little Leslie to do the sewing. (7) 163 Hammers them out oh dangerous ledges. (7) 164 Revenge in a London headwear shop. (3-3-3) 170 There’s room to go back and tie up. (4) 173 Taxed, E.L. becomes filled with the joy of success. (7) 176 Dared to let me work the •foot lever? (7) • 180 The general’s got the last of the liquor. (4) 182 Lead with a hex having

breathed it out. (7) 183 I join the man with the rat and the squirrel-monkey. 185 most of the cable to the good seaman. (4) 187 Declare it to be true to Ted and be warded off. (7) 189 How to obtain squeezes from empresses. (7) 191 G.T. gets his from the visionary. (5) 192 Kay’s with Sir taking chances. (5) 195 R.E. receives a- trauma

from the generation part. (8) 197. With one exclamation • from a German I see Eve’s the one who wins. 198 a barrier and the transgression it causes. (7) 199 It drags on .like all fireeaters. (7) , ' . ' 202 Strictly lor circus ’ swingers. (7) . 203 Tom’s joined Les and annoys him. (7) 204 We seal it for the creature. («) ‘. ’

206 Ted’s at it to be sampled. 209 To be let in some way at the bay. (5) 210 I tear about in an angry fashion. (5) 211 There’s profit to be gained in mixing grits. (5) 214 It’s nothing to sin with charged atoms. (4) 215 Otherwise it confuses 180 down. (4) 216 Sued, he was able to put it to some purpose. (4) 217 I join the mh in the group. W