CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Old unit I suspect
is weakening (8) 5 Early sign of sadness in musical group missing northern sailor (6) 9 Refuses to comply with corrupt bodies? Yes outwardly (8) 10 English fellow given electrical device gets to talk excitedly (6) 12 Old instrument is usually reliable? Not altogether! (4) 13 Punctuation mark in passage addressed to a person? (10) 15 Mass, maybe, waiting behind two clubhouses fringing old city (6,7) 19 An expert in giving
needle to others? (13) 23 Sign of physical strength cut before broadcast? About right (5,5) 25 Fighter facing trouble gets to be unsuccessful (4) 28 Companion in front of this zone for multicoloured fabric (6) 29 Toy Clive played with
has speed (8) 30 Standard opera left (6) 31 Any deals poorly designed are broken down? (8)
DOWN
1 Peculiar lot firstly in Germany and Spain have easy thing to do? (6) 2 Change of roles for
unsuccessful sort (5) 3 Neighbour held up
brass instrument (4) 4 Copy I’m altering about league relating to noted games? (7) 6 Deduce unusually fine
opening to recital (5) 7 Depressed pair in back of
depot to get design plan (9) 8 European writer captivated by thing done got more intense? (8) 11 Catches one’s breath
avoiding first snakes (4) 14 Influential teacher for all to
see in good contact sport (4) 15 True curio excited one
creating outfits? (9) 16 Damage popular venture? (3) 17 In audience, study
actress Anne (4) 18 Prohibit malfunctioning
cab in fortified gateway (8) 20 Boast from rector in
Jersey, perhaps (4) 21 Male relative essentially rank
and lacking in hygiene? (7) 22 Stripped following
delay at work (6) 24 Additional spear carrier? (5) 26 Sign of decay after
cold disappears (5) 27 Counter showing metal
in a thin sheet (4)