Armchair
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This is one of the puzzles in Armchair Crosswords (1946), a collection by Afrit (A F Ritchie, Prebendary of Wells Cathedral)

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  •  1  Not too steep for an ass to got by in, but steep enough (5)

  • 11 A well-trained dog could get through this backwards in two jumps. Now say It's nonsense! (4-4)

  • 12 This means to cause dismay, so keep on till you find a friend (5)

  • 13 Softly now! Just a twinge of pain and what it makes you say (5)

  • 14 You can't be stumped like that, but this means something more (8)

  • 15 When you come to this you'll be completely stuck. All you can do is to rearrange the load in the middle of the deck (8)

  • 16 You get dripping from something like this, but a Scot keeps his cows on the meadow (5)

  • 17 You may got clothes turned before the ban is complete, but it's really not legitimate (8)

  • 21 `My hat's on the side of my head!' Now can you get over that? (5)

  • 23 This is easy enough when you know the ropes, even if Gibbon wrote it (5)

  • 24 Something thin and brittle. The first half must be the hens' good intentions! (8)

  • 25 This is only froth, so don't put it in as yet (5)

  • 27 An arch-supporter of doubly musical make-up (8)

  • 31 There's something in this to prevent you from dropping a brick, so it must be of the right way of thinking (8)

  • 32 Result of a roundabout chase, especially if it's your first day out! (5)

  • 33 Sheep do it differently, but they come to it at last (5)

  • 34 At this late hour there's not so much after the event as before (8)

  • 35 This takes ages to start, yet if you do so to it you'll have nothing to show for it (5)

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  •  2  A sort of devil on wheels -that is, on very soft ground (5)

  •  3  Shows part of a leg and then dies; you'd wonder why they're so often kicked up (8)

  •  4  May be described upside-down in the air, and there's usually some yarn about it (5)

  •  5  Put some beef into it and you won't notice the pain so much. It's poisonous, though (5)

  •  6  Mental exercise which hardly puts you in mind of Henry VIII (8)

  •  7  Such people need a wigging for making up rash lies (8)

  •  8  If you can't go on it in Paris without scandal, you can in Berlin. See the effect it has on members of the House of Lords! (5)

  •  9  American mountains possessed by a certain type of burglar (8)

  • 10 This street is all marble, but it has turned a vulgar colour (5)

  • 18 This kind of road certainly does affect the rate, and the rail, too (8)

  • 19 Gifts always are, but the bills for them are best paid (8)

  • 20 When it's ready it will save you from counting, but you can't finish it without an exper (8)

  • 22 Helps some people to keep a roof over their heads. You have to put her last, but remember there's a hundred after that (8)

  • 25 You must begin this but unfortunately it won't last and you have to get out in the middle (5)

  • 26 Makes your flesh creep, so naturally you won't like being left on it (5)

  • 28 Congratulate yourself. If it won't wash, turn it round and use the middle (5)

  • 29 This will lead you a rare dance, but will soothe you if you feel sore (5)

  • 30 Places of agreement if the clutch doesn't turn out too fierce (5)

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