CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,273

ACROSS

1 Piper’s playing note

getting to sweat (8) 5 American university employee is very handsome sort (6) 9 A twin excited to enter new church in Cheshire town (8) 10 Support around finale

for woman (6) 12 Point accepted by

candidate as true (4) 13 Gloomy sort of chapel’s lure having no end of mystique (10) 15 One that’s not settled

on a network? (7-6) 19 Star getting it wrong is type exposed to danger? (7,6) 23 Former husband getting into a U.S. ground shows fatigue (10) 25 Artist has odd pieces of grub and meat sauce (4) 28 Legendary comic on ice? Not altogether (6) 29 Man, a GP, is in order in pre-Christian religion (8) 30 Mistakes when covering appeal in protests (3-3) 31 A testy PC after relocation is given the same roles? (8)

DOWN

1 Had a bet and travelled

on water inland? (6) 2 Called head of service for

horizontal supports (5) 3 Weakest sort on board? (4) 4 Remove dirt again from

public park on slope (7) 6 Physicist Paul held up

character touring institute (5) 7 Renovated inn of port, without

seeking financial gain? (9) 8 Singer Heather frequently with last element in party, pipsqueaks (5,3) 11 Neatly roll flag underlining

royal loyalties principally (4) 14 Wide area with limited site for excavation in usually dry valley (4) 15 Relentless division with half

of this rota changing (3-6) 16 Devour food in the

afternoon, first to last (3) 17 Impulse shown by posh

rigger at intervals (4) 18 Access? It is negotiated

for austere figures (8) 20 One following darkish music obtained introduction to heroes (4) 21 May loan broken down reveals

something peculiar (7) 22 Present high-ranking executive that’s pocketed British money (6) 24 Alliance in French island

without leading pair (5) 26 Woman with fool

in dry group (5) 27 Embargo on Spain, cause

of great annoyance (4)