Cryptic Crossword February 2003


Across

See preamble (7,8)
Material shown by map a Tartar altered (10)
10 Second bristle cut (4)
11 Join, with hesitant expression, last in class (6)
12 Incentives I'm beginning to understand in new list (7)
15 Look noble (4)
17 Gang in western following leader of cowboys about (4)
21 Drama about art lacking a direction (5)
24 Fair appeal for help and love (2-2)
25 Some of those missing game before final (4)
26 Messy sand put in receptacle used by cleaner (7)
29 Disagreed with guard confused about opening of exhibition (6)
32 Man, beside river, first to behold plant (4)
33 Sound of trumpet, alarming, carrying loudly (5-5)
34 Jack seen with net - net he unravelled - filled with fantastic energy (5-10)

Down

Depicted nothing up ahead (6)
One following everything about potassium and a substance that isn't acid (6)
Detailed pictures showing containers holding waste (5-3)
Argument maintained by Ben is complicated (8)
Big, horrible glare (5)
Sprites apprehended by rising numbers (7)
Feast arranged for Greek goddesses (5)
11 Curves in matrices with no odd features (4)
13 Small child in grotto, thrilled (3)
14 Line above middle of neon sign (3)
16 Pair right to get up (4)
18 Consider cutting plant? It's to be saved (8)
19 Bird starts to explore, moving up (3)
20 In show, be excited (8)
22 Oak not completely sheltering five eggs (3)
23 Pagan female with intensity of feeling taking the lead (7)
27 Thick soup for example at work served up (6)
28 Loop formed by one so unusually (5)
30 Elegance of cantering racehorse (5)
31 Mistakes made by informer in time (6)

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