Quick crossword
ACROSS
1. Of birth (5)
6. Thaws (5)
9. Like, resembling (7)
10. Wind instrument (5)
11. Let down (5)
12. Gives out cards (5)
13. Not either (7)
15. Permit (3)
17. Church recess (4)
18. Cook slowly (6)
19. Of rabies (5)
20. A head (6)
22. Smack (4)
24. Golf’s Mr Torrance (3)
25. Shackles (7)
26. Restrict (5)
27. Sedate (5)
28. Buffalo (5)
29. Chastened (7)
30. Rubbish, informally (5)
31. Rips (5)
DOWN
2. Slumbering (6)
3. Shrewd (6)
4. Falsehood (3)
5. Five-pound note (5)
6. Duck type (7)
7. Cupid (4)
8. Topics (6)
12. Exclude (5)
13. Ungues (5)
14. Religion (5)
15. Strong cotton thread (5)
16. Short-term workers (5)
18. Bathroom fitting (5)
19. Remainder (7)
21. Religious festival (6)
22. Single step (6)
23. Fervour (6)
25. Locates (5)
26. Speech defect (4)
28. Wager (3)