1 Worker producing oil for a company to the East (6)
7 She can dish out a stew, sir (8)
8 Halting meal production (4)
10 Darkens certain colours (6)
11 Rabbit, goat, or duck taken in by a useless artist (6)
14 Could he treat you like a dog? (3)
16 Would he generously give way in the entrance? (5)
17 Night-light (4)
19 It’s socially acceptable to be in debt at the start (5)
21 Summarise briefly (5)
22 Name for a church seat (5)
23 Loud, riotous game? (4)
26 Footwear parts, though only small (5)
28 Keep the eggs warm (3)
29 Move in the manner of a jackass joining a companion (6)
30 Speed around Los Angeles, that grand place (6)
31 In Malaya, hopefully, one can find a nursemaid (4)
32 Match that takes a day to finish, suitably concluded (8)
33 The bird is returning to cover (6)
1 Brings us into a complicated case (6)
2 Article obtainable from a dealer (6)
3 Key points from sheepish females (4)
4 Bear examination as a comic? (5,2)
5 Fiendish source of many a bad omen (5)
6 Mark gets nothing as an award (5)
8 Heated outburst from mother nature? (4)
9 Joined a passenger line (3)
12 Obtained leave, starting tomorrow (3)
13 Like the Circle Line, it’s part of the Underground (5)
15 Where many visitors came gathering round the city
head? (5)
18 Chuck? He gets an article from the airport (5)
19 Study’s a bit of a burden (3)
20 It’s out of habit, possibly, that one exclaims thus (3)
21 Nullify effect of scattered cinders (7)
22 Risky thing to do in a tube train (3)
23 Those gathered by wartime singers? (6)
24 State the upstart has a battered hat (4)
25 No Boer could possibly be a king! (6)
26 What taxidermists do with almost anything (5)
27 Figures the end of the street’s as far as one can go (5)
28 Sadly robbed of five hundred pounds, about (3)
30 Hires a spy, possibly (4)
1 Run aground (6)
2 Creature (6)
3 Prayer ending (4)
4 Rank (7)
5 Narrow way (5)
6 Brittle (5)
8 Quiet spell (4)
9 Barrel (3)
12 Cooking vessel (3)
13 Of the moon (5)
15 Devil (5)
18 Sea (5)
19 Frenzied (3)
20 Male offspring (3)
21 Asian language (7)
22 Old French coin (3)
23 Overlook (6)
24 Fencing sword (4)
25 Chatter (6)
26 Light brown (5)
27 Bellows (5)
28 Spoil (3)
30 Shove (4)
SOLUTIONS TO CROSSWORD 7849
CRYPTIC
EASY
ACROSS: 1, Knots 6, Sport 9, Augusta 10, Stake 11, Ritzy 12, Blair 13, Ba loney 15, Tip 17, Odin 18, Meteor 19, Elder 20, Trudge 22, Rome 24, Hop 25, Covered 26, Feels 27, Fetid 28, TimI'd 29, Joe soap 30, Stein 31, Della (Street)
ACROSS: 1, Panic 6, Study 9, Novices 10, Grabs 11, Cable 12, Demur 13, Farrier 15, Bar 17, Eden 18, Camera 19, Boxer 20, Season 22, Ants 24, Tay 25, Fatigue 26, Otter 27, Stare 28, Pious 29, Erected 30, Brass 31, North
DOWN: 2, Not bad 3, Take on 4, Sue 5, Gully 6, Striker 7, Pair 8, Rizzio 12, Belle 13, Booth 14, Lit up 15, Tenor 16, Pried 18, Melos 19, Egged on 21, Ro-dent 22, Recipe 23, Menial 25, Close 26, Fiji 28, Tad
