CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Magnanimous woman having two husbands? (6) 4 How one may be seen to be lying, eventually (2,6) 9 A din that’s audible is irritating (6) 10 One establishes ownership initially (8) 12 Unusual, retiring in Tipperary (4) 13 Time for me to reverse and get into top after manoeuvring (5) 14 Very good person dogged by the old complaint (4) 17 Endorses notices put up by bank cashiers? (12) 20 Study of Man Ray photo long in development (12) 23 Thing I encountered on the way back (4) 24 Cried pitifully for a drink (5) 25 Third man sounds competent (4) 28 The bogus criminal begged (8) 29 Following live deer? (6) 30 Little Sidney turned lock, causing much trouble (8) 31 Stations, or just platforms (6)

DOWN

1 Sporting row involving Cambridge and Oxford (4,4) 2 Mean the opposite? (8) 3 Ex-Chinese leader goes round far side of Kerry, Irish county (4) 5 Caught fighting? (4,8) 6 They can become inflated,

say, and very large (4) 7 Broken heart shown by grand Knight of the Round Table (6) 8 Small village, one made

famous by Shakespeare (6) 11 The rich glass contrived for high-powered lamps (12) 15 Pebble-strewn way round New York (5) 16 Give last cry of pain (5) 18 Knight caught by misplaced big blow is staggering (8) 19 Bikes carrying a number from Rome and part of Greece (8) 21 One is prone to use this example of inflation (3,3) 22 Some injustice, as essayist concludes (6) 26 Kitty and Tom are pleased to do it (4) 27 Master provides cane (4)