DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

Across

1 Element opposing this person’s carrying on (8) 5 Hit squashes a big stomach (6) 9 King getting happiness in telling of story (8) 10 Attack one hitting nail on the head? (6) 12 Article produced by diocese making one boil (6) 13 Sets of flags showing birds (8) 15 Factory discovered by railway (7) 16 It contributes to nasty eye (4) 20 One of four on board is cheat (4) 21 Projecting structures needing black strings? (7) 25 Words at bottom of page giving business information (8) 26 Be delayed after setback of one country or another (6) 28 Hesitation about a fellow Nato country, in truth (6) 29 PM given brief line in new collection of diaries (8) 30 Like some lines Dorothy sent to Edward (6) 31 Plant explorer found to east of isle (8)

Down

1 What this answer isn’t – a sign of something wrong? (6) 2 Inclined to be formal in speech, no leader (6) 3 Strikers may be in this seated enclosure after game (8) 4 Lack of approval for sheltered space (4) 6 Changes notices to include a small point (6) 7 Put up brief observation about mother keeping home (8) 8 Firm endlessly dealt with idiots – troubles at a personal level? (8) 11 Queen to make a speech, having sufficient number in attendance (7) 14 One expecting a blessing after expulsion? (7) 17 Container of a certain colour with big dents (8) 18 Cook using unusual root in days gone by (3-5) 19 Introduction of rule queried, dubiously mandatory (8) 22 Footballer somewhere in India has story (6) 23 Picture-taker arrived, distinguished academician (6) 24 Conflict – condition requiring street soldiers around (6) 27 A lass left out, upset in foreign capital (4)