CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Marriage with a redhead? (5) 6 Piles of old cars? (5) 9 The DA, for instance, has been known to reduce one’s overheads (7) 10 In port, the authority I had for tartan (5) 11 This way, possibly true love comes into it (5) 12 A state registered nurse holds the firm in contempt (5) 13 The beast can show zeal in setting a broken leg! (7) 15 An old hand at the surgery? (3) 17 They’re of one accord (4) 18 Longing to push teacher into the river (6) 19 Result of putting one’s foot down? (5) 20 Turning one way, perhaps (6) 22 Being religious, has little time for starting trouble (4) 24 Verily, each comes to a sticky end! (3) 25 Past being educational? (7) 26 For me to back a lad is an honour (5) 27 Spare weapon? (5) 28 A drop one can get in a bar (5) 29 Wanted a chap to be on time (7) 30 Remained stationary, or maybe ran (5) 31 A negative point, invariably (5)

DOWN

2 Twenty-four hours? Not a bit of it! (3,3) 3 See to an apiarist’s needs in the garden (6) 4 Caught in a shady deal (3) 5 The cost in pence for a cereal (5) 6 Hasty when pushed (7) 7 It’s opposed to both Windsor and Harrow (4) 8 Just the club for a teetotaller in wildest Peru (6) 12 Had the rest wrongly spelt (5) 13 Happy about the hissing when a drink’s carbonated (5) 14 Animal easily crossed with a dog (5) 15 Such recordings can be capital at Monte! (5) 16 Snappy in quite stylish fashion (5) 18 Lived up to a bad name (5) 19 Eve’s upset and visibly angry when cut (7) 21 Vessel used in brewing (6) 22 Disburdened, maybe set out to walk (6) 23 A nice sea trip with Tom (6) 25 Companion of Tom and Dick (5) 26 In Ireland, a girl to love (4) 28 They’re adult in many ways (3)