CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Film dog in space orbit? (5) 6 One man’s name for steak (5) 9 A fatheaded story, but pleasant (7) 10 The chap has skill and courage (5) 11 There’s nothing in wild deer to have a bad effect (5) 12 Food to bake fresh, note (5) 13 Fault that makes me tired (7) 15 Left the thing looking brighter! (3) 17 Cook up a new diet! (4) 18 It has many Italians but less than seven Icelanders (6) 19 What a director may do in beefy style? (5) 20 Score five boundaries? (6) 22 Was he among the more urbane Romans? (4) 24 Washerwoman? Not she! (3) 25 Fashionable part of London occupied by the socially superior (7) 26 Best colour? (5) 27 Cry “Oh!” out loud when shut out (5) 28 But it could be a toe, you understand (5) 29 It just naturally has a feeling and a grasp for things (7) 30 A series in which to succeed (5) 31 The lads (but not you) join me for something alcoholic (5)
DOWN
2 Looked approvingly, perhaps, at the general colour (6) 3 Mark gives thanks to Gert, possibly (6) 4 Frequently, a duck has small feet (3) 5 It’s small and essentially superficial (5) 6 Worker able to replace most freelances! (7) 7 His taste is vegetarian (4) 8 Boy who brewed cider for the college head (6) 12 She makes a cash collection (5) 13 In the department of Beethoven’s 5th, it seems, there’s profundity (5) 14 He’s loath to pay for faultless service on the motorway (5) 15 It’s an offence to tear up a bill out East (5) 16 Wouldn’t he sing for a fiver? (5) 18 Poison makes you move uneasily around mid-morning (5) 19 Race originator? (7) 21 We don’t quite get there with the sheep (6) 22 Mature enough to make a sound new start, but with bitterness? (6) 23 A growing reason why it’s unwise to embrace a girl? (6) 25 Rice that goes ‘pop’ when you add a quantity of toddy? (5) 26 Clever way to shorten a letter (4) 28 Having insufficient lighting is stupid (3)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS:
3. Dr.-aft 8. D-ebut 10. Rubik 11. Fun 12. FA-gin 13. We-st Ham 15. Di-mes 18. Eat 19. Fac-ad-e 21. Orderly 22. Lips 23. Taut 24. Duke-do-M 26. Barbel 29. Cap 31. Sta-I-n 32. Me-DIC-al 34. Low-Ed 35. AI-R 36. Fa-U-lt 37. Arden 38. Sense
DOWN:
1. Refer 2. Hunters 4. Re-AM 5. Fr-I’d-ay 6. Tunic 7. Tired 9. Bus(-ker) 12. Fat-eful 14. Had 16. M-Adam 17. Se-a-ts 19. Fleeced 20. Clubs 21. Op.-era 23. Topiary 24. Den-ote 25. Dad 27. Atlas 28. B-ills 30. Fares 32. M-EWS 33. CID