cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Feline animal, say, or unknown

type (8)

5 Venture firm corners South

Africa (6)

9 Student’s using it freely as

interpreter (8)

10 Ray comes across right word

to help concentration (6)

12 Every fruit has top cut off (4)

13 Stand-ups fall for Flook, for

example (5,5)

15 Demure Tracey tries out occupant of No 10 (5,8)

19 Let those tiles get ruined?

These will do that (8,5)

23 Certain trendy musical with

odd features of ballet (10)

25 Top missing from Ladies

sign (4)

28 Study ‘All About Eve’ (1,5)

29 Grow approximately 50 for

the first time in grounds (8)

30 Coach lets us wrestle (6)

31 Innocent Eddy worried about

English river (4-4)

DOWN

1 Farm animals left occupying

holes in rock (6)

2 Clothing cutback squeezes

province (5)

3 Grand smokestack inglasgow’s down (4)

4 Bring back some theatres to

region (7)

6 A mother’s U.S. president (5)

7 Joint problem? It is pursuing

non-u king (9)

8 A special radio broadcast engaging people overseas (8)

11 Bird initially kept intriguing

white invaders (4)

14 Corruption is on the rise, as it

happens (4)

15 Invaluable diamonds lecturer

hid in cupboard (9)

16 Low satellite docked (3)

17 Central part of Tibet’s variable goat (4)

18 Ambitious spat exploded,

involving ME country (8)

20 Mealtime milk supplier (4)

21 Completely understand

broadcast in papal court (4,3)

22 Popular nurse is mean (6)

24 Perfect trader’s description

of his job? (5)

26 Consume my sandwiches

packed with beef (5)

27 Sluggish old song about

Zulu (4)