City Times

cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1 To prevail, we ought possibly to retain one (8) 5 For example, firmly state bishop inspires duke (6) 9 Delicacy made from fromage frais farm abandoned (4,4) 10 Lay out very, very old disputed area in Balkans (6) 12 Call for Europeans in North Dakota (4) 13 Start to hold a fair modified for wildlife reserve (6,4) 15 Miserly pair of coppers (one short) moving slowly (5-8) 19 Bar announced on citizens in European country (5,8) 23 Surgically remove contents of broken tea service (10) 25 S tart to consume chop? (4) 28 One that shines at Sandhurst to step back (6) 29 Finish what’s left in cup at breakfast? (8) 30 Wild dog in US is evasive, having damaged toe (6) 31 See great changes in cheap accommodat­ion at sea (8)

DOWN

1 Break the law on holiday on purpose (6) 2 East End Women’s Institute attend church more than once (5) 3 S o little work, adding nothing (4) 4 Lineker dashed inside crop store (7) 6 Garment stolen in suburbs of Delhi (5) 7 Self-centred guy Arab confined in upturned pen (9) 8 Thing earl put over part of canal causes congestion (8) 11 Hired vehicle at about 11 (4) 14 Trendy church measure (4) 15 Summarise city in Cambridges­hire with accuracy (9) 16 Just beat seed (3) 17 Trade picked up in small room (4) 18 Picking the best Celtic comic in the City (8) 20 Noble Shakespear­ean king left at the end (4) 21 Tense at university, reluctant to spend money (7) 22 Foolishly, we let five come in and a dozen appear! (6) 24 Actors keeping nothing run out of gear (5) 26 He traps unknown new American animal (5) 27 Man, for instance, is somewhat misleading (4)

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