The Southland Times

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ACROSS

1. Funny sort of colic am upset by (7) 6. Some, tragically, returned to the smoke (5) 9. Sound system for a duo, I might put it (5) 10. The smallest grain starts up malaise (7) 11. Lamblike but full of useful content (5) 12. Mali’s involvemen­t with the Muslim world (5) 13. Chicken Livorno (7) 15. An invisible translatio­n one wasn’t prepared for (6) 16. Which sound can a sorceress make? (5) 18. It makes a super reward for a pugilist (5) 20. It rose into being a Welsh dynasty (5) 21. Miss Varden used to stir clothes in the washtub (5) 22. Feast one kingly egghead (6) 25. Fancy hedging riot? Pay out! (7) 26. First word of the Inferno, nothing else (5) 27. Breath so held at getting into bed (5) 28. Wind is backing: fabulous bird joins the firm (7) 29. Might aim at a family on the fiddle (5) 30. Linger, looking black (5) 31. Use rust to replace stitching (7)

DOWN

1. Old giraffe arrived and spotted cat (11) 2. Fellows mature in household management (6) 3. Shared riches, time for the second Monday in March (12,3) 4. Mind a tale that can be built up in layers (9) 5. Objects of love assume solid form (5) 6. Sense of belonging in local group: Scotch, say (9,6) 7. Billy, Nanny and the kids represent his charges (8) 8. Bream is not the right sort of fish (3) 14. Like his and her and your song, could it be? (11) 17. This also one suffers with bad breath (9) 19. Sign in hotel to get riser confused (8) 23. What sort of partner for ballerina can Red be? (6) 24. Remove from the table a sort of soup (5) 27. The racket a flying fox makes (3)

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