ACROSS
1 Skate, for example, expected to be quiet. (6)
Frank W. LewisACROSS
1 Skate, for example, expected to be quiet. (6)
4 Was 3 down their next-to-last? (8)
10 What he does if his corset’s too tight is a center of uncle’s trouble! (7)
11 Does one have a capital hiding place, if somewhat less than most wealthy? (7)
12 and 13 Gets a certain amount of help otherwise denied as aiding the cause. (8)
14 Make 30. (5)
15 See 29 down
17 Nippers–or is their capacity larger? (8)
21 Approaches the extremities, but about equal–and measures both. (8)
23 Drop a sort of Bostonian snipe, by the sound of it. (5)
26 and 28 Discovers no response upon calling, evidently. (5,3)
29 Certainly not 29 down and 15. (5)
30 How the ogre’s wife ended up in the doorway? (7)
31 The model of a rather well-turned bird? (7)
32 Set off with a school partner around. (8)
33 Saturday or Sunday might be a bad time for getting something done. (3-3)
DOWN
1 Is a snail somewhat like a phoney nickel? (8)
2 See 16 down
3 Part of Cooper’s production of guncases. (5)
5 The poet’s heart is certainly not full, considering it’s shape. (5)
6 and 19 Where the game might be held in England. (It’s as good as won!) (2,3,3)
7 He might take off the Latin way of gaining height. (7)
8 This is more universally balanced than 5. (6)
9 Is Repeal to be considered a growing support? (8)
16 and 2 The height of lovey-dovey behavior for the star… (3,7)
18 …and plant a kiss on the bald pates as you wait there! (3,5)
19 See 6 down
20 Need just this in the abandoned manner? (8)
22 See 24
24 and 22 Certainly not quick in the daytime! (Walpurgis characters, no doubt!) (3,4,2,5)
25 See 29 down
27 Germanic form of a sort of 28 down, like the Maine air. (5)
28 The director might cry at the start! (5)
29 , 15 and 28 across, 25 down Blind, as well as dumb? (If you don’t see it, don’t worry about it!) (3,2,5,3,2,4)
Frank W. Lewis