CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. A hitch against time, as the French say (11)

9. Refuse a stew of a sort (5)

10. Can’t be satisfied with it in a blasé way (10)

11. Awful fear of being right among the departed (5)

12. Working hard, starts scrubbing washing (7)

14. It’s the left that is not true (3)

15. Rodents backing the sun, for one (4)

16. Work up previous partner and name co-respondent (6)

17. Broken bust may hurt one’s toe (4)

21. Mushrooms that show a return for speculation (4)

22. Capital crime of racehorse suffering a setback (6)

23. He entertains the army (4)

26. Is a monkey of a sort (3)

27. Also it’s before it’s played at a slow and steady pace (7)

29. Spy is a gentleman, in short (5)

30. Thirst Cain had, inspired by Christian opponent (10)

31. Symbol that’s respected one will carry to Maidenhead (5)

32. Like North and South in a shared state (11)

DOWN

2. Obtruding window made of gold that is left (5) 3. True to life relic: it’s a medley (9)

4. Nights of different objects (6)

5. Freedom to move it in my boil perhaps (8) 6. Scandinavian weeds get blown about (5) 7. Agreement, as it was put in the mail (6) 8. Armed police force agree: minder is put out (11) 12. Street he was wandering as they were in love (11) 13. Overhead feature in a particular church (4) 18. He mismanages the ruble, nerd that he can be (9) 19. Sort of group, less than a chip off the block? (8) 20. It’s nothing to the row a god made (4)

24. Gets wind of sound sense (6) 25. A French boy-waiter (6)

26. Character to put foot down, hard (5)

28. An orchestral all-together from the pit tutu showed up (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Compression 8. Latitude 9. Core

10. Shark 13. Shoe 16. Icon 17. Bulb 18. Gulp 20. Swarm 24. Fang

25. Diabolic 26. Mind-reading

Down: 2. Oats 3. Pitch 4. Eider 5. Incus 6. Clocking off 7. Remembrance

11. Alias 12. Karma 14. Hour 15. Toll 19. Pagan 21. White 22. Rabid

23. Flan