Crossword – 209

Across

1  Sweet treats that we eat at Easter (9,4) 8  Noxious exhalation of vapour (9)
11  Zero (3)
12  … Baba (3)
13  Mountain nymph (Gk. myth.) (5)
15  Exclamation of contempt (4)
17  Homicides (7)
18  Bird symbols of Easter (6)
19  Search And Rescue (abbr) (1,1,1)
21  Bounder; scoundrel (3)
23  Examinations of financial accounts (6)
26  These have been used as Australian substitutes for ‘bunnies’ at Easter (7)
28  Hawaiian island, location of Honolulu (4)
30  Small island (5)
32  Honourable (abbr) (3)
33  Charged particle (3)
34  Leisurely, not hasty (9)
35  African bird of prey (9,4)

Down

1  Inexpensive (5)
2  Unmannerly (6)
3  Work (mus) (4)
4  Postulates; obvious statements (6)
5  Fudd and Gantry (6)
6  Male goose (6)
7  Male chauvinists (7)
9  Policeman (from French) (4)
10  Uruguay (country code) (3)
14  Slowly (mus) (6)
16  Islamic headscarves (6)
20  Traditional animal symbols of Easter (7)
21  Medical treatment centre (6)
22  Add water (6)
23  Respiratory disorder (6)
24  South Pacific island, capital Papeete (6)
25  Footwear (4)
27  Even (abbr) (1’2)
29  Unfastened (5)
31  Radiological scan (1-3)
Compiled by Juliet Blair.