CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Software to run cricket ground

gets go-ahead (8) 5 U.S. political group like leaving

range in Georgia (6) 9 Unionist grandee amazingly

not old enough to vote? (8) 10 Give offence to a disputed

area in Ukraine (6) 12 Those items finish off topic (4) 13 Irish revolutionary in strangely accurate cartoon (10) 15 Expert joins a group tackling

hospital bonus scheme (6-7) 19 Entertainer controversially

quits in revolt (13) 23 Working 12 to 1 with youth

leader? Just right (2,3,5) 25 Vehicle carrying last letter for

old Russian boss (4) 28 Here the French catch cold,

sign of freezing weather (6) 29 Crooked diver occasionally

robbed this? (5,3) 30 Woman with ornate hat and

tight dress (6) 31 On-line ID menus are encrypted (8)

ACROSS

1 Site a university in big town?

Smart thinking (6) 2 Services minister departs in

cut (5) 3 Artist pursues fine plant (4) 4 Asian writer follows a lover

round Grand Hotel (7) 6 Savour steak, ignoring odd

bits ‚ lots of blood in it (5) 7 In court, I summon agitated

left-winger (9) 8 Hunt for food in different caves

around England (8) 11 Long to see girl (4) 14 Hog last of ouzo in pub (4) 15 Remove long trousers and

suit . . . (9) 16 . . . initially taking off ring as

well (3) 17 Like conditions in Kalahari

desert (4) 18 Pilot’s computer systems

work via icons (8) 20 Officer seizes discs as booty

(4) 21 Question American about

lake reservations (7) 22 Plod straight across outskirts

of Dorking (6) 24 Recall story about Cuba’s brilliant show (5) 26 Quadruped, wild, brazen,

scratching bottom (5) 27 Main river’s brown (4)