Crosswords/2005/March/5

Quick crossword

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Across

1. Gathers (5)

8. Trumpet-like instrument (6)

9. Device to untangle and neaten hair (9)

12. Pariah (7)

13. Bird twitter (5)

14. Sick (3)

15. Garden device (3)

16. Regular stop; train or bus boarding place (7)

19. Device once called "the wireless" (5)

22. Burn lightly (5)

24. Flask (7)

27. Greek letter (3)

29. Cooking dish (3)

30. Malice (5)

31. Player piano (7)

32. Place to pay one's fares for crossing bridge, road, etc. (9)

34. Strong whisky (colloq.) (6)

35. Response (5)

Down

2. The importance of being (7)

3. Good golf score (3)

4. Learned person (7)

5. Bubbly liquid (5)

6. Flag (9)

7. Small packet (6)

10. Collective of workers (5)

11. Navigate (5)

17. Repetition of vowel sounds (9)

18. Tavern (3)

20. Noise (3)

21. Whinge (5)

23. Ability to feel others emotions (7)

24. Narrow waterway (5)

25. Fertile dirt (7)

26. Body; unit (6)

28. Adolescence (5)

33. Falsehood (3)

Answers next week.

Last week's solution

CHAMFERRHUBARBREEUCIOARSOPTIMISTICSOLGNSYSBARNACLESCETAECOPALSTABLEOVERDUEIECECOCHLEATITANSYSLLROEELMISOMETRICABONUMTMARMAGEDDONBOOMLERRMESYNERGYSTRAYED