CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stuck-up, being above the

neighbouring level (5) 6 Searches for tonsorial tidiness (5)

9 In a way, it’s nothing for me

to be in a show (7)

10 Points out, as an informer

(5)

11 Not all foreigners possess

power (5)

12 Left to do a remunerative

job, we find (5)

13 Bossily, he gives a chap a

shouted warning (7)

15 The technique of showmanship (3)

17 Poet’s name Roma got

wrong (4)

18 Jam, perhaps, but not much

butter (6)

19 Look around for a boy of

good character (5)

20 One singer in a trio? (6) 22 Cultivate for cash (4) 24 Agreement concerning some

country estate? (3)

25 Went around; maybe risked

touring the West End (7) 26 How London was, maybe

Havana still is? (5)

27 Food a blockhead gets to

bake badly (5)

28 Proper support for a learner (5)

29 What ell is for? (That’s tough!) (7)

30 Speak out, without love, to one’s better half (5)

31 Villa site in Glastonbury (5)

DOWN

2 A lot to pay for broken-down manors (6)

3 He takes too much interest (6) 4 Do the tango with a girl (3) 5 A forename of Michele

Novotna (5)

6 Rectify, perhaps politically?

(7)

7 Historic Tudor front (4)

8 At the circus, not only great

but the best! (3,3)

12 He can come clean (5) 13 Not too old for winks, let’s

hope? (5)

14 Goes fast, possibly to scare

(5)

15 Seaman knocked out, as

usual (5)

16 Point to a new deal in the

country area (5) 18 Displeased due to a partial

fault when airborne (5) 19 The rest is simply a slur

about an honour (7) 21 Dislike being made to go

again (6)

22 Will they never give up being

essayists? (6)

23 Smooth instruction for players (6)

25 Something fishy afoot? (5) 26 It’s in Greater Manchester,

where things are cheap (4) 28 The field of pleasure (3)