CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,308 WIN £500

ACROSS

1 Manage to evade southern swimmer on holiday (5,3)

5 Surgical knife is unusually

clean close to patient (6) 9 Earlier pair showing jealousy after leaving note (8)

10 Designate article from Rome for publisher Carmen (6)

12 Plain duo at intervals

in outdoor pool (4)

13 Extreme weather measure? It’s random when built round river (5,5)

15 Place to generate power given testimonial and map location? (4,9)

19 Bad bus for teen disturbed a horse, maybe (5,2,6)

23 Fantastic marital ode designed for a particular person? (6-4) 25 Mistake ignoring leader

in part of church (4)

28 Infallible authority or

expert about Latin (6)

29 Mildly eccentric Conservative disguised his rank (8)

30 Severe changes for

singer Jim (6)

31 Something grown by barrier in holiday destination (8)

DOWN

1 Lithe woman touring

quiet place (6)

2 Leading ambassador

featuring in a poster (5)

3 Leave former area of

knowledge for techies? (4)

4 Unsettle female with

soft glow in the U.S. (7)

6 A bundle of notes about

right as a prize (5)

7 Pass cleric consuming

new Irish dish (9)

8 A learner accepted by figure

with Edward having aptitude? (8) 11 A lot of hard work for former

female tennis star (4)

14 Main idea in negotiating

is trade (4)

15 Move towards it over a time

in part of a cemetery? (9)

16 Decline shown in English

pair of books (3)

17 Freshwater fish on a regular

basis round front of dock (4)

18 A club facing rising disorder

in food facility? (8)

20 Celebrity in musical film (4)

21 Experience start of excitement

in renovated ground (7)

22 Wager on aid shortly for Nonconformist place of worship (6)

24 Essentially bold situation for a skateboarding manoeuvre (5)

26 Formal area for

trumpeter Louis (5)

27 Part for piano noticed shortly (4)