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)