Tom Kelly's Cryptic Crossword #2

Tom Kelly's Cryptic Crossword #2

Across
 8. He turns over cash position with some hesitation (6)
 9. Something in a well made article creates amazement (3)
10. Seven is not, but this is almost seven (4)
11. Disguised as per secrets they acknowledge (10)
12. Train pets to walk, one at a time (4)
13. A fool has time after hesitation to make allegation (6)
16. Bee follows officer and colleague (2-6)
17. Lightly burn around edges of your dispenser (7)
18. Two leading quakers overturn bible complaint (7)
22. Prohibit food first, but not here! (8)
25. Reach a satisfactory solution beforehand (6)
26. To fly is painful to the ear (4)
27. Kind of early to let drink cart appear (3,7)
30. Move in or out of broken lift (4)
31. Written by poets, as before (3)
32. One who rules, although somewhat impure (6)
Down
 1. Lie about nothing, initially, causing a row (4)
 2. Alf loped off, concealing failure (4)
 3. Soft cereal at about a grand? That's the total cost (5,3)
 4. For ownership, pay a cent without a disruption (7)
 5. Present and past sighting can be an up and down affair (6)
 6. Sure, blame a correction of sizeable magnitude (10)
 7. Hear about plant, see shrink (6)
14. See a little wasp; yellow jacket (3)
15. A secretive way to get inside stuff out (10)
19. Strangely enough, it could cause one to go down bleeding (8)
20. Flowers from a bustling isle, with no initial seeding (3)
21. Expand highway in Scottish mountain (7)
23. Lack of adjusted dole results in a small amount of food (6)
24. Strike, or one who tries to avoid strikes (6)
28. One way to run a section of a central operation (4)
29. Money in lieu, royalties curtailed (4)

© Tom Kelly 2000

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