CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Regarding a guardian utterly upset when carrying article (8) 5 Covering fish and meat

on a regular basis (6) 9 Engineer wading in front of two lakes in Highland town (8) 10 Selected thing for watering garden in sides of cabin (6) 12 Loose bits of thread found in Dublin theatre (4) 13 Bankers etc. turned

out in fine cars (10) 15 Weariless, unseal

exhibit for analysis (13) 19 Tenth coronary requiring review? Quite the reverse! (2,3,8) 23 Reddish-brown row of houses restricted by extraordinary area (10) 25 Bone in a limb is somewhat painful, naturally (4) 28 Be dishonest and mean and keep out of sight (3,3) 29 Occupying a block, say, with journalist that’s puffed up? (8) 30 Code of secrecy

broken at Rome (6) 31 Like a target for golfers,

we hear, in general (2,1,5)

DOWN

1 Very small toy’s top, awkward

to use with no end of stuff (6) 2 Group of nine from the south

getting projected part? (5) 3 Regulation over new

patch of grass (4) 4 English explorer in U.S. city (7) 6 A medic goes round hospital

for this purpose (2,3) 7 One typifying an activity

by poorest ground (6,3) 8 Element captures large animal

with time on reflection (8) 11 Recipe with a good

refined meat sauce (4) 14 Perennial shrub found in Greek

city (not the outskirts) (4) 15 Direct need possibly after

Democrat quits to mediate (9) 16 A pair of notes for woman (3) 17 Actor John’s process at

the end of winter? (4) 18 Singer Elvis taking instrument

around east of Germany (8) 20 Award winner embracing

ordinary source of music (4) 21 Complaint from Greek character about poor taste? The opposite! (7) 22 Lad we’d diverted gets

to waste time (6) 24 Take up work in commercial

environment ultimately (5) 26 Group starts to try out

indoor game (5) 27 Switching direction, develop

feeling of warmth (4)