TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Turns up in headgear held together by glue (8)

5 Failing to act or lying (6) 9 Handsome chaps crossing ring road to get wine (8)

10 Colours used in painting especially (6)

12 Firm suffering setback in dead place (6)

13 A Conservative minister’s office? Watch out if you don’t get this! (8)

15 Military leader left with lower ranks inside castle courtyard? (7) 16 Material girl getting man across the Channel? (4)

20 Female impertinence making one lose the plot (4) 21 Woman’s collecting information, making lists for meetings (7)

25 People coming in? Part of hospital goes mad (8)

26 Fellows, mature members of household (6)

28 Civil Service filled with utter weirdos (6)

29 See me on road, wandering around, abandoned (8) 30 Individual transgression leads to joy being curtailed (6) 31 Keep quiet when given book (8)

Down

1 A commissioned officer briefly trampled on by horse becomes blue (6)

2 Greek character, spirited, stealing ideas? (6)

3 One doesn’t react, being troubled by 7 (5,3)

4 Birds with little energy having problem getting up (4)

6 HE institution, which in Paris, is unlike any other (6)

7 Those showing no appreciation could make one angriest (8)

8 Leaders of English society with wise words can be trying (8) 11 Orchestration achieving a success (7)

14 British land army member’s missing? (7)

17 Crimes associated with those receiving swag? (8) 18 Legally get hold of little boy upset over school (8)

19 Poor people in shelters receiving old books (4-4) 22 Knave joining gangster, a beast (6)

23 Famous German upset English in conflict (6)

24 One who should be recipient of the last bit in Exeter, say (6) 27 Salmon – what you expect on river (4)