Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Turn off in Leeds complex,

close to the court (8)

5 During Christmas, query old

type of entertainment (6)

9 Girl group’s first to display

colourful neckwear (8)

10 Narrow passage’s southern

feature (6)

12 Occasionally, middleman

makes plan (4)

13 Instrument in a prom at the

start (10)

15 Busy peer is GT owner? This

helps him turn it (5,8)

19 Crafty guy recruits a head of

detectives as watchman (8,5)

23 Hand in a ball to gain entry

(10)

25 Gas board gets round restraining order (4)

28 Fit ring round child for martial art (6)

29 Poet (American) hosts new

big shots in baseball (4,4)

30 Disturbingly, anger’s returned in cathedral city (6)

31 Judge rearranges teatimes

(8)

DOWN

1 Refuse teacher somewhere to

sleep, heading north (6)

2 Scorch unfinished bass perhaps (5)

3 Prepare to fire young man

who’s pinched disk (4)

4 Outline study trip (7)

6 Table salt arrives bagged (5)

7 I failed badly to follow question, yet passed (9)

8 Antagonise sergeant who’s

been busted (8)

11 Racecourse bans a person

from Edinburgh (4)

14 Sempstress heading off for

vessel (4)

15 He may help break record

that’s hidden in chest (9)

16 Pen tale soldiers nicked (3)

17 Dash makes you feel annoyed

to some extent (4)

18 Bill boards flight for a lark (8)

20 Duck leaves lake (4)

21 Crossing Cape, go seek

unusual reptiles (7)

22 Rodent swallows small sweet

(6)

24 Sort of wave — it upended

boy, surfacing (5)

26 Trainee reporter in South

America tanks (5)

27 Legendary creature still the

source of intrigue (4)