crYPTic crossword

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS:

6 Recommendation. 9 Tsetse. 10 Fluoride. 11 Stalwart. 13 Astral. 15 Extort. 17 Atomic. 19 Techno. 20 Reassess. 22 Stuntman. 24 Oxford. 26 Sensationalise. DOWN: 1 Grasp the nettle. 2 Scot. 3 Amoeba. 4 Adjutant. 5 Star. 7 Effete. 8 Ordnance survey. 12 Latch. 14 Times. 16 Roommate. 18 Pronto. 21 Amoral. 23 Nosh. 25 Flip. ACROSS 1 Profit from jewellery items, taking note for rupees (8) 5 Potato slices, cooked with eel,

could be priceless (6) 9 Heath in Morocco? (8) 10 Acres certain to be plentiful

(6) 12 Stagger round potty (4) 13 Widower and son rebuilt

feature in cathedral (4,6) 15 Remarkable additional gold

coin given by Yankee (13) 19 You can bet on them to pay for dance on revolutionary yacht (8,5) 23 Entire game appears in a

Parisian commercial (10) 25 Model for a hairstyle (4) 28 Here the French catch cold —

it depends on house (6) 29 Pity about poor Croat, an

official in Brussels (8) 30 Shout for more in flamenco

recital (6) 31 Upturn concerning Coventry after conservationists leave (8) DOWN

1 Some predetermined trimming

for ceremonial robes (6) 2 Bouncers start to tackle crowd

of sleepers here (5) 3 I dally in odd places for no

particular purpose (4) 4 Canal boat beginning to deviate in choppy lagoon (7) 6 Religious teacher worked in

Caribbean with cane (5) 7 Off-roader damages circling

police vehicles (5,4) 8 Teams adopt procedure, but

not forwards (8) 11 Dread female auditor (4) 14 Try crackers that have been

sent up (4) 15 Self-centred person, eastern

Gulf Arab, oddly arch (9) 16 Painting originally observed

in Louvre (3) 17 Press club (4) 18 Levi suffers a bit when climbing without restraint (8) 20 Latin poetry? It’s a rich

source (4) 21 Dare to begin again under

pressure (7) 22 Cunning needed to obtain old newspaper without fuss (6) 24 Sovereign that’s found in

schoolbag (5) 26 Nearly overlook fake (5) 27 Son rings about trainee’s

singular performance (4)