CrYPTic crossword

ACROSS

1 Respectable boys leave bouncy castle in disorder (5-3) 5 River runs round strangely

blue village in Mexico (6) 9 Grow smaller radishes initially

in passing (8) 10 Machine-gunners do this

seconds after bombs (6) 12 Lie languidly, laughing out

loud at lecturer (4) 13 Cask jutted out as novel

protection (4,6) 15 Where hands travel all day

and all night (5-3-5) 19 Causing offence,apart from one on island, on reflection (13) 23 Aristocrats clasp purse tight

(5,5) 25 Shape of eggs (large) (4) 28 Schedule to finish within

range (6) 29 Cohort’s violent behaviour

across Spain increased (3,5) 30 Gangster tours Turkey in

powerful vehicle (3,3) 31 Class features complete set

of characters (8)

DOWN

1 Pamper weird student in

church (6) 2 Do very well — catch over

90 (5) 3 Coward maybe removes

middle of book (4) 4 A French channel in poor

condition (7) 6 Extremist takes part in harmful trafficking (5) 7 Boycott part of course that intrigues astrophysicists (5,4) 8 Pass rude sign stuck in

blasted oak tree (8) 11 In Berlin, I harbour tense

longing (4) 14 Interrogate cheeky young

man about money (4) 15 Someone who gets incorrect

net price, I gathered (9) 16 Extremely short implement (3) 17 8 or 27 occasionally crumble

(4) 18 Leave English monarch

mostly in SW city (8) 20 I delay every now and then

— it’s the way I work (4) 21 Posy, say, gone off (7) 22 Pass by please, in different

order (6) 24 We listen to this these days

in port (5) 26 Flower that’s held under the

chin (5) 27 Check out what’s hidden by

dogleg (4)