the crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A striking error? (6)

4 Home isn’t refurbished by the landlord (4,4) 9 One among a doctor’s malingerers (6) 10 The flight impressed a quarter (8)

12 A thread spun after worms have turned (4) 13 People are not wanted on this board (5) 14 Take a trip in the autumn (4) 17 Doubts about bookings? (12)

20 Speed check (12)

23 Lake in resort backed by mountains (4) 24 Land unwillingly by the roadside (5) 25 Piece of boarded adornment (4) 28 Moor is the setting for this shrub (8) 29 Father embraces a deity in the temple (6) 30 The plane might be a jumbo (8) 31 Moral that’s said to be followed (6)

Down

1 Verified what could be measured (4,4) 2 Giving no rash diagnosis? (8) 3 Feature I encountered on the way up (4) 5 One needs it to understand the news (12) 6 Some of them may enjoy a novel by Jane Austen (4)

7 No return of this ticket! (3-3)

8 Shiver without having to be married three times (6)

11 Something bound to appeal to less affluent readers (5,7)

15 Colour for putting on (5) 16 Marquetry that’s trendy even with unskilled finish (5)

18 They make sporadic appearances in a bullring (8)

19 Not a neat revision to make notes upon (8) 21 Rock alley perhaps (6)

22 Thin spears get damaged (6) 26 Become engaged in some shenanigans (4) 27 An infusion of energy (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Hard to resolve (6)

4 City formerly Constantinople (8)

9 Secure as means of help (6) 10 Supercilious (8)

12 Except (4)

13 Dizzy (5)

14 Colossal (4)

17 Be aware of what is required (4,3,5)

20 Out of the blue (3,2,1,6) 23 Victim (4)

24 Imagine (5)

25 Frustrate (4)

28 Not obligatory (8)

29 Rush wildly (6)

30 Collapse (8)

31 Scottish woollen checked

material (6)

DOWN

1 Memento (8)

2 Limbo (8)

3 Piece of work to be done (4) 5 Have prospect of success (5,1,6)

6 Absent (4)

7 Capital of Lebanon (6) 8 Storeroom for food (6) 11 Court disaster (4,3,1,4) 15 Pursue stealthily (5) 16 Criminal deception (5) 18 Lying near (8)

19 Fleeing from arrest (2,3,3) 21 Give support to (6) 22 Confer (6)

26 Large predatory doglike

animal (4)

27 Festive occasion (4)