CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1.

Illustration thatwould, we are told, be incisive (7)

6. Blows one’s sleeve-ends (5)

9. Dancemusic coming from Myanmar formerly (5)

10. Spread over and almost permit it to surround us (7)

11. Approaches are wrong in twoways (5)

12. Turn out always on time (5)

13. Threats that can seem misplaced (7) 15. Being unhappy, is taking off and backing out (6)

16. Love you finally found with the egg-cell of a plant (5)

18. Where alcohol is concerned, it’s strong as a corpse (5)

20. To such time as it’s removed from my account, I’ll hold it (5)

21. An earlier abbot’s deputy (5)

22. The terrible child is precocious in French (6)

25. Howit could pay one to be rum is confusing (7)

26. Acitrous sort of yellow(5)

27. Abutterflymay be inverted in print (5) 28. Materials deposited in a vial with lutetium (7)

29. Put it down to ignorance, at the end of the day (5)

30. Was pushing against the other ridersbut got tired of it (5)

31. Inner nature of the East shown by various scenes (7)

Down 1.

HowParliamentmay witness term of change (11)

2. In place or time it’s someway away (6)

3. It is established for the country’s worship (6,2,7)

4. What’s left after the fellers have been atwork (4-5)

5. Instigate a politician to lie about it (5)

6. Flowers that summon the faithful to prayer in Kent (10,5)

7. Playerwho comes to blows across his instrument (8)

8. Onemight aswell give up this call for help (1,1,1)

14. Amalt George made growinto a mass (11) 17. Male in tie perhaps one could do away with (9)

19. Anark in class starts every riot (8)

23. Cowardly chorus-leader who gets the bird (6)

24. The very likeness of one to a sorcerer (5)

27. On which corn is eaten by a short-legged horse (3)