CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Word used in making a big arrest? (5) 6 Quietly stood up for plain English (5) 9 His useless house is short of rations! (7) 10 Pick up a good story (5) 11 Make available only a possibility (3,2) 12 On which to play if led astray? (5) 13 Troop in to collect a share (7) 15 It can save you walking from Shepherd’s Bush (3) 17 Girl in a Fair Isle sweater (4) 18 In art, there’s room to be passionate (6) 19 Not typically classical, though maybe traditional in style (5) 20 Enough to keep the viewer

completely occupied (6) 22 An encouraging bird? (4) 24 A Richard Addinsell piece

mum may be fond of (3) 25 On paper, pointedly indicated (7) 26 Chop up, making many a nice mess (5) 27 Shooting at flying saucers? (5) 28 Margins of wedge-shaped objects (5) 29 A number of ways to cut a corner (7) 30 Exclude Debra for being out of order (5) 31 A certain amount of latent heat (5)

DOWN

2 How strange that he’s always short of a win! (6) 3 Drinks in the cinema? (6) 4 Shoot up to the highest position (3) 5 Hard work in a Dickensian role (5) 6 Punish Roy, perhaps, for going to the ball (7) 7 The way to break a rod (4) 8 The historic military commander never quite fired a gun (6) 12 Like a point of interest in optics (5) 13 Being soft on Enid, perhaps, was moody (5) 14 Displeased at being a single pound in the red (5) 15 Beneath the elbow maybe (5) 16 Put up with having no seat (5) 18 The main colour when there’s a bit of a haze on the river (5) 19 Did the ancient Romans swear by him? (7) 21 and 22 Dandy American abstract drawing (6,6) 22 See “21” 23 Good evidence of impact around the city area (6) 25 Pretended to arrange a date around mid-Oct. (5) 26 Spanish-style table in Rome, say (4) 28 Consume a greatly-reduced amount? (3)