CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Carol carries timber out? (10) 6 Pop into steamship’s hot tubs (4) 9 Brownish salt water engulfing private investigator (5) 10 In game, Chan is manipulating device (9) 12 Supermodel Kate raised heavy weight (5) 13 Italian city auction, right now unfinished (7) 15 Sleep bare in the wild (9) 18 Bagels among the yonder items (5) 20 Unhappy about former Egyptian leader (5) 21 Poor sci-fi novel is far from exciting (9) 22 Wild Russian range after turning brown (7) 25 Cow and mice with their tails cut off: very funny (5) 28 Balkan country club put on one act at the start (9) 29 Make your way up cedar’s first bough (5) 30 Some votes occurring marginally on name days (4) 31 Brief time out for Cobb, with signs (5,5)

DOWN

1 Small grey kimono belt (4) 2 French article on “Purple Plot” not deeply investigated (9) 3 Vessel accommodating second crow (5) 4 Some Eastern Europeans wrecked San Marino (9) 5 Announced no small cuts (5) 7 Former officer of a religious house (5) 8 Lemon scone disturbed sleepy state (10) 11 Top athlete left speechless, ultimately, in ceremony site (3-4) 14 Hasn’t named new sleep-inducing agent (3,7) 16 Done working, like a newly rubberized wheel? (7) 17 Tape next broadcast about Canada’s capital, looking to the future (9) 19 Smelling trace of onion on large splinter? (9) 23 In poor taste, like a little nail? (5) 24 Spell in government includes special vocabulary (5) 26 Parrot raincoat — that’s so cute! (5) 27 Wading bird starts for its bath in spring (4)