Azed No. 2,659 - Competition Puzzle

Across

1 Symbolic comb good for parting a

hank that’s plaited (6)

6 United lead, a work of art to seethe

from below? (6)

12 One old Scottish bird wraps wimple

perfectly (10, 2 words)

13 Dress machine’s cut in length of thick

cotton (7)

14 Unwillingness to speak, ignoring

extreme limits … of this once? (4)

15 Duck flesh parcelled by mum (6)

16 Driver is waiting nearby, last to take

the lead (6)

18 A little bit of cash, standard one (4)

19 Tiny bit of sponge artist set in mottled

stripes (9)

22 Company’s stage design in opening of

gala providing treat (9)

24 Lone tree, partially combustible (4)

25 Modest about ride with ‘ounds, being

gentrified (6)

27 Pa welcoming men in scruff order, very

informal (6)

29 Leg with last bit of gangrene requiring

operation (4)

31 Bowled in first stages, going back,

having receiving painful blow (7)

32 Alloy I included in manufacture of

carillons (10)

33 Oily paste absent in watery iftar’s

starter (6)

34 Strike come to an end in Glasgow,

allowed in (6)

Down

1 NZ bird sounding (almost) like a dove

(4)

*2 Obsession with counting things (12)

3 No saint is desecrated by such

heathens (7)

4 Axis formed in history – and then

Germany (5)

5 Tar I blended with grey natural

sulphide (8)

7 One writing about bit of rock, object

turning up in prehistoric time (7)

8 Pale blue pants concealing worker’s

muscle (6)

9 Everyone’s turned up following old

crock (4)

10 Abuse male patients having to stand

inside with temperature (12)

11 Hearty girl losing heart slips into

apathy (8)

16 Chap getting drunk in group devouring

like carnivores (8)

17 Rodent Circe bewitched three times

daily (8)

20 Part of e.g. lobster I peer nervously

over, gracing menu? (7)

21 Melodious snatch taken in a rush (7) 23 Source of Asian timber, 75%

dehydrated outside? (6)

26 Seed’s early stage in rubber, trailing

0-5 (5)

28 A lot to eat one’s way through,

nameless (4)

30 Regular feature of new digger? (4)

The Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.