CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Expert supporter in expensive part of theatre (8)

5. A pub rejected one Conservative from Yemen perhaps (6)

9. Disregard hours wasted hosting German fellows (5,3)

10. I go wrong in South Africa range (6)

12. European capital’s banks abandoning go-slow (4) 13. Rebuffed, Piglet’s pal twice ends in odd places (4-6) 15. Doctor measures this line taken by papers on river (5,8)

19. Yankee wears shoes on run that may lead to disaster (8,5)

23. Management holds relationship in high regard (10)

25. Republican enters excellent area (4)

28. Notice fault at sea (6)

29. A posh girl, one with Ger

man ceiling perhaps (3,5) 30. The Spanish First Lady initially nominates team (6) 31. Broadcast a top duet that’s fashionable (2-2-4)

Down

1. See boss man on board (6) 2. Pair in trouble in spring time (5)

3. Short period of darkness is near (4)

4. Old fellow has a Ford rebuilt for rough terrain (3-4)

6. One may charge money (5) 7. US aviary or UK prison? (9) 8. Dealer’s councillor retaining name (8)

11. What fans do with individual in personnel (4) 14. Take-over a great success (4)

15. New main bar contains one English cooking device (4-5)

16. Make regular journeys quietly on banks of Liffey (3)

17. Stupid pig goes round lake (4)

18. Grow about 50 for the first time in estate (8)

20. Ceremony’s correct, by the sound of it (4) 21. Makeshift plughole? (7) 22. Tool for crushing soft steel out of shape (6)

24. Ransack Winchester maybe (5)

26. Butterfly that appears in 20 (5)

27. Singer’s nasal tone to some degree (4)