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ACROSS
1 Cast shortly returned showing expressions of delight (4)
4 Varieties of over one hundred on Channel Islands (8)
10 Lounge at home with child-minder (8)
11 US state’s boring sort of film about whitefish (10)
12 Layer of brain cells may need pressure in treatment (8)
15 Small whisky glass (5)
16 Note platinum coloured at its end (4)
17 The cooks stir no end of suet in tarts (8)
19 Slippery swimmer almost nude in season (8, two words)
21 Mark is evil? Not half (4)
22 Thatcher’s material before strike (5)
25 Star partner of Sonny in a number about right (8)
26 Large knife found in prison seen as wrong outside (10)
27 Shallow type in view a little quiet (8)
28 Indian associated with a note from Greece (8)
29 Ladies not using head getting argumentative (4)
DOWN
1 Veteran displays day’s work in opening (7)
2 Initials PG on works ? Could be Paul Gaugin’s (12, two words)
3 Difficulties coming up in intense bombardment (5)
4 Reckless with a depleted uranium (5)
5 Signor (married) added a letter from Athens (8)
6 Sibelius, say keen to scrap overtures as a mere formality (6, two words)
7 US network carried one Dutch song about Coral, for example (9)
8 Burns up against first in Scotland to admit double standards (12)
9 Short film sequence of event not incorporated (5)
13 European Union at the right time expels noble Greeks (9)
14 Argument over lady’s finger, say in sexy images (8)
18 Term in physics for a measure of disorder (7)
20 Endless nonsense on tea bags (6)
22 First-class tobacco not good for a girl (5)
23 Run for a poet in Alpine pass unrestricted (5)
24 Brought up to look down on anonymous Dutch town (5)
Post your solution to Mephisto 2845, The Sunday Times, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF, or email puzzle.entries@sunday-times.co.uk. The first correct solution picked at random after next Saturday wins a Whitaker’s Almanack worth £50. Four runners-up will each receive £20. The Chambers Dictionary 13th edition is the primary reference. Readers are invited to visit Tim Moorey’s website at timmoorey.info
SOLUTION TO MEPHISTO 2843
Across: 1 Mayo, 4 The wedge, 11 Sparre, 12 Scaleni, 13 Rail, 14 Horahs, 15 Eagle, 16 Vulgar tongue, 18 Arsenal, 23 Reflect, 24 Saloon-keeper, 26 Brief, 27 Grayle, 29 Unci, 30 Tuition, 31 Pinots, 32 Ding-dong, 33 Pech
Down: 1 Mash-vats, 2 Year, 3 Oflag, 4 The hand of God, 5 Epistle, 6 Wave offering, 7 Errant, 8 Draggle, 9 Eale, 10 Scours, 17 Entrench, 19 Salicin, 20 Arnotto, 21 Ocelot, 22 Moeing, 25 Eat up, 26 Bund, 28 Yite
Winners: Mephisto 2842
Anne Buchanan, Burnley, Lancashire,
Nikki Ellen, Wingham, Kent,
JB Mann, Harwich, Essex,
Isla Mitchell, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire,
HAJ Staples, Kingston upon Thames, Greater London