CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 16,574 WIN £500

ACROSS

1 Decline drink and go (8) 5 What sewers do that’s painful (6) 9 Recover film in turbulent river with ease finally (8) 10 No vests sent back? That’s right (4,2) 12 Yen hidden in tea chest (4) 13 Ladies loo, where Guy Fawkes was found (6,4) 15 Experienced princess almost dictates novel (13) 19 At theatre, son’s trained in direction (4-9) 23 Fan of a timeless story attending a party (10) 25 Asian garment, small one, worn by Arab (4) 28 Crave print ultimately by controversial YBA (6) 29 Friendly individual collects one in taxi (8) 30 Designate and study Goethe, ignoring odd bits (6) 31 Second more stylish garden implement (8)

DOWN

1 Doctor’s first test, injecting son on the back (6) 2 Keep an eye on time-keeper (5) 3 Group of compatriots? Could be (4) 4 Gunners on the fiddle cut course (7) 6 Trap designed to catch one ungulate (5) 7 Hat picked up with rubbish is as good as one gets (3,3,3) 8 Pass me over poster that’s not mass-produced (8) 11 Check uranium’s left passage into mine (4) 14 European country dispenses with one bridge (4) 15 Trace South American religious icon somehow (9) 16 Met for a day (3) 17 Right out of pink fuel (4) 18 Left section in legal document (8) 20 Rare writing material’s green for bowlers (4) 21 Fur revealed lair (7) 22 Long and narrow article on board ship (6) 24 Embedded popular group (5) 26 A large seat that contains numbers (5) 27 Bird originally kept in Wanganui institute? (4)

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