CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bone put in pile on the way out (8)

5 Old Dutchmen chaining ten dogs (6)

9 Polite? I’m amazed! (8)

10 Rip off beastly coat? (6) 12 Like some grins? Also yours (6) 13 Complex building finished (8) 15 Problem getting in shape, eat! (7)

16 Fragile thing cut somewhere on the face (4)

20 State I love, well to the west (4) 21 Stone tearing rocks (7) 25 Share not quite redistributed (8)

26 A vet upset with service in pub (6)

28 One with famous voice, not entirely tragic character (6) 29 Using face creams etc, risk acne unfortunately (8) 30 Expert batsman, key (6) 31 Taken around play area, toboggan was scintillating (8)

DOWN

1 Very, very strong (6) 2 Sense a boy overcome by extremes of rage (6) 3 Sound of lift in UK resort (8) 4 Absence of American common sense (4)

6 Old couple yearn for tea (6) 7 Figure welcoming fine faculty (8)

8 Furious, grasp object (8) 11 One of thirteen in band, I am on drums (7)

14 Artisan working for Russian empress (7) 17 Fly low around capital in Sweden, then leave (8) 18 Wine in soup bottles (8) 19 Novel retains minimum of respect – there are holes in it (8) 22 Item used by trumpeter to keep in time (6) 23 Stop and give a lift to storyteller and journalist (6) 24 Popular contract, without doubt (6) 27 Miss second nap (4)