GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 Barking Shadow-boxing College (5) 10 A Hebrew pronunciation of ‘Hankies out all over Arizona’ (9) 11 A useless fit can be prevented (9) 12 Seals’ hair (5) 13 Unexpectedly attack son with net (7) 15 After Dante’s Inferno, the heartless Sawlike (7) 17 Arabian piece, almost crude externally? (5) 18 See 29 20 Pop group’s stage features (5) 22 Workplace where deal may be cut (7) 25 Old lady after skirt top (7) 26 Camp wisecrack about ungainly legging tops (5) 27 Ex-president recruits writer who could assemble a cabinet? (9) 30 Alumnae so uneasy about grandiose tombs (9) 31 Schooners possibly get cool in two seconds (5)

DOWN

1 A nation’s uplifting seabird (4) 2 An obstacle to successful retirement (8) 3 Soused, but not very exhausted (4) 4 Steals out-of-date vegetables (8) 5 Cast fitted round limb opening as protection (6) 6 Letter possibly closed with this: ‘I saw Angel off with a kiss’ (7,3) 7 Mafia’s casually giving up mob chief for college board (6) 8 Scoffs: ‘Sanctimonious talk is empty!’ (4) 13 Noisily scares off animals and trainers? (5) 14 Overheated, I say ‘Heather, both should swim outside’ (7,3) 16 Streep: someone’s heart races (5) 19 Finding attractive maid rude on telephone (8) 21 Worm-like bends dominate (8) 23 Ungainly creature observed holding page locator up (6) 24 Small case — its contents alien? (6) 26 Halt contest (4) 28 Otherwise lies in parallel sections (4) 29,18 Antarctic location — Diana needs drink! (4,3)