{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Entirely innocent (6)
4 Way-out individuals that make strange impressions (3,5)
9 Realise she can make an anagram (6) 10 Order out in test given to university students (8)
12 Friend totally childless (4)
13 It isn’t true it comes to a moral conclusion (5) 14 Take out some timber (4)
17 Physical training manual? (8,4) 20 Accidently club bad ankle: turns a nasty colour (5,3,4)
23 A mother and father in the beginning (4) 24 Picture of a runner (5)
25 It usually needs push or pull to make it work (4) 28 A course that is purely experimental? (5,3) 29 Leave the vehicle burning (6)
30 Untidy room used for a guest at the tea party (8)
31 Added zest in the kitchen (6)
DOWN
1 Trimmed in advance so as to be ready (8) 2 Awakened again and summoned back (8) 3 Look, the good fellow hasn’t won (4) 5 Bounder badly shaken might need it (6,6) 6 Captured and shot (4)
7 Book intended for the lower classes (6) 8 Silky-haired dog Sarah and I take around Britain (6)
11 An impostor’s standard (5,7)
15 Climb and balance (5)
16 A rough dowry that’s arranged (5) 18 Being so one may react rashly with unusual ill-grace (8)
19 An apartment, indeed, needs air (8)
21 Put on the hook from a debit? (6) 22 Repair broken weapon (6)
26 Further chaos in Laos (4)
27 Strike upsets mates (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Waste time (6)
4 Goods sent by sea (8) 9 An optical illusion (6) 10 Idleness (8)
12 Feign (4) 13 Diplomatic representative (5) 14 A conifer (4) 17 Meddlesome behaviour (12) 20 From now on (12) 23 Elliptical (4)
24 Grind with rage (5) 25 Greet (4)
28 So-so (8)
29 Secret voting (6) 30 Revealing (8) 31 Intercept and attack (6)
DOWN
1 For home use (8)
2 A guarantee (8) 3 Company emblem (4)
5 With rapid progress (4,4,4) 6 Covenant (4)
7 Bring to light (6)
8 Offer for acceptance (6)
11 In hand (5,7) 15 Hard-hearted (5)
16 Reject as disgraceful (5) 18 Corresponding (8) 19 Excessive adoration (8) 21 Shape and general make-up (6) 22 A casual shoe (6)
26 Put to flight (4) 27 Indonesian island (4)