{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 What I need to live on once I’m ruined (6) 4 Ordered security in investment (8) 9 One who cares is easily hurt (6) 10 Being saucy I am put outside the room (8) 12 Fire out of control? (4) 13 Doesn’t stay on even terms (5) 14 Leading performer in various arts (4) 17 Precise instructions for austere communities (6,6) 20 He joins the family after the match (7-2-3) 23 One section of the military (4) 24 Writer never translated (5) 25 It may spoil the look of a lid (4) 28 Soldier employed by the navy (3-2-3) 29 One in the biology class is very bright (6) 30 Free from fear (8) 31 Catch a parent out (6)
DOWN
1 The return from the capital (8) 2 Fir cones come from them (8) 3 Suitable start to a day’s hunting (4) 5 They don’t permit you to live extravagantly (7,5) 6 Set the company up for a clever stroke of business (4) 7 They represent us - amen! (6) 8 Threaten to get money (6) 11 Yet brunettes may also enjoy it (3,2,3,4) 15 Twenty parts for musicians (5) 16 Go round the globe on it (5) 18 He supplies personal cover (8) 19 Gathers dust? (6,2) 21 Ocean flier may turn out to be an armful (6) 22 Girl is dressed up in a shade of brown (6) 26 Amphibians from the left side of the river bank (4) 27 Cut down when damaged (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Brief violent storm (6) 4 Fundamentally (2,6) 9 Prestige (6) 10 Adherent (8) 12 Brutish man (4) 13 Fine grade of coffee (5) 14 Without charge (4) 17 Give in (7,5) 20 Gain easy victory (3,5,4) 23 Regrettably (4) 24 A succession (5) 25 Network (4) 28 Daunted (8) 29 The wrist (6) 30 Leading (8) 31 Abundance (6)
DOWN
1 Similar things (8) 2 Flatteringly ingratiating (8) 3 Onion-like vegetable (4) 5 Vigorously and fiercely (5,3,4) 6 Capital of Norway (4) 7 Frustrate (6) 8 Wonder (6) 11 Unity (12) 15 Tangle (5) 16 To stop (5) 18 Plain, unsophisticated (8) 19 Surreptitiously (2,3,3) 21 Distant (3-3) 22 Rush wildly (6) 26 To cripple (4) 27 Greet (4)