CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Yesterday’s solution (15,587)

ACROSS:

1 Folklore. 5 Nuncio. 9 Emulsify. 10 Quinsy. 12 Ha-ha. 13 Rebellious. 15 Half-heartedly. 19 Electromagnet. 23 Exactitude. 25 Four. 28 Oxcart. 29 Priority. 30 Flying. 31 Knitwear.

DOWN:

1 Fleshy. 2 Laugh. 3 Lost. 4 Refresh. 6 Usual. 7 Concordat. 8 Odysseys. 11 Feta. 14 Slot. 15 Hierarchy. 16 Elm. 17 Tint. 18 Werewolf. 20 Otto. 21 Andiron. 22 Prayer. 24 Turin. 26 Oxide. 27 Colt.

ACROSS

1 Oil spilt in different Monsieur’s

painting style (11) 9 You and I loiter about still (7) 10 Old Scandinavians, six rulers

(7) 11 Group of huskies slide over

snow (3) 12 Backing record company test

reduced broadcast slot (7) 13 One outspoken party ejecting student, sort of Green? (7) 14 Elusive little fellow, primarily (3) 15 Grumpy sound from husband approaching uniform speed (5) 17 Check over college pronouncement (5) 18 Drawing leaves out first boat

(5) 20 Book Jack on a holiday at

the front (5) 22 Reduce share (3) 24 He creeps around front and sides, casing back of home (7) 25 Superhuman old GI stupidly

kept ignoring exercises (7) 26 Papers recalled Nadal’s first

racket (3) 27 Doctor can vote for small

change in Mexico (7) 28 Disease is possibly terminal,

lacking resistance (7)

29 U.S. national park yields citrine perhaps (11) DOWN 1 No way for Peter to supply

legal authority (5,2,8) 2 Train given one hour on the

outside rail (7) 3 Peter Sellers was a bit abrupt

(5) 4 He goes off with Latvian to

find what swallowed 20? (9) 5 Eskimo managed to cross

river, causing annoyance (7) 6 Canned Irishman mangled English and another language (8,7) 7 Expression priest hears being

translated (6) 8 Accompany E-type with Conservative on board (6) 16 Chief steward lifting stick?

Soldiers change mood (5-4) 18 Thousands beset oil cartel, making money in Moscow (6) 19 Bag antique in foyer (7) 21 Spanish gent happy over in

Ohio, lacking capital (7) 23 Attempt to catch swallow in

Deal (6) 25 Champs close to completing

swan-upping? (5)