CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Yesterday’s solution (15,478)

ACROSS: 6 Evening classes. 9 Physic. 10 Esoteric. 11 Tsunamis. 13 Anthem. 15 Occupy. 17 Delphi. 19 Thieve. 20 Drum roll. 22 Fleeting. 24 Stingy. 26 As the crow flies.

DOWN: 1 Mephistopheles. 2 Fees. 3 Sitcom. 4 Allocate. 5 Isle. 7 Grease. 8 Epidemiologist. 12 Nacre. 14 Taper. 16 Precinct. 18 Adagio. 21 Unsafe. 23 Echo. 25 Iris.

ACROSS

1 May I get through please and dance? (6-2) 5 Hacking cough overcomes a cowboy (6) 9 Best part in school play? (5,3) 10 Composer’s to do what setters do outside (6) 12 U.S. writer entertained large European (4) 13 Dump combine he used during harvest (6,4) 15 Extraordinary pattern designed with a ruler (13) 19 Ronnie unwisely eats five bananas, becoming green (13) 23 Hear this every hour somehow materialising out of the air? (4,6) 25 Slight movement can make you cooler (4) 28 See rep around in union complex (6) 29 Some applaud a number ‚ this one? (8) 30 He rents property to a smaller extent midweek (6) 31 Rear missing from crudely plastered base (8)

DOWN

1 Omit first half of 10 (6) 2 Stroke bow and scrape (5) 3 It’s usually worn across a shoulder or part of it (4) 4 Spouse maintains old revolutionary cutter (7) 6 Get weaker blend of tea at the bottom of a barrel (5) 7 Jazz fan meets herald working in St Paul’s, say (9) 8 Parasitic growth, one invading fine fruit (3,5) 11 British vessel set on fire (4) 14 Woman’s recruiting one who’s likely to succeed (4) 15 Passionate old man’s outside ‚he’s put out flags here (9) 16 Royal Marines protect American force (3) 17 Sergeant-at-arms welcomes cheers (2-2) 18 Guard linnets in flight over Spain (8) 20 Almost nobody is getting hungry initially (4) 21 Spread out sea-cow, tail first (7) 22 Friend crosses border extremely early (6) 24 Spear small fish (5) 26 In principle, men vacate flat (5) 27 David Lean enlisted comedy actor (4)