CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Only a secondary highway, but wide (5)

6 Haul out of the water, perhaps (5)

9 Connected with a leap to a higher level (5,2)

10 Canned juice without ice, Louisiana style (5)

11 Send the money for a new mitre (5)

12 Adjusted by turning the nut with the name on (5)

13 Measures out gold or heavenly flashy things (7)

15 They have quarters at Maidenhead (3)

17 She’s almost a colleen (4)

18 Satisfy with a contract on the quiet (6)

19 Plastic figures seen around New York (5)

20 Harry a president (6)

22 Happy event in a cafeteria (4)

24 The old skinhead made no denial! (3)

25 Distilled product of which a lot is drunk in the car (4,3)

26 Where there’s illicit gain on whiskey? (5)

27 Fight me and the general (5)

28 Flying around town at ‘26’ and inspiring dread (5)

29 Frighten by shaking rattles (7)

30 Blackish waterside structure? (5)

31 An honest man (5)

DOWN

2 A book that’s ‘dear’ to me, so there you are (6)

3 Malpractices that put sailors out of employment (6)

4 A name to assume (3)

5 Scotsman’s article on guns, possibly (5)

6 There’s maybe a bit of luck about a real panacea! (4-3)

7 Imitated by a quiet little chap (4)

8 Anxious times when Charlie gets out of bed (6)

12 Give instruction in art? (5)

13 Handy name for Walter (5)

14 Nominally, a coat tail goes over a new suit! (5)

15 Artist clearly masterly, not gross! (5)

16 Later taking a jug to the Nag’s Head (5)

18 A support only constructed at the pithead (5)

19 As entertainment, it made a change (7)

21 Paul, ever wandering at half fare (6)

22 To call this a river would be a bloomer! (6)

23 Wine ingredient a woman gets in a can (6)

25 Transport by car and railway (5)

26 It’s a bad way to go! (4)

28 Name of a perennial flower (3)