CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Religious group needs

alternative division (6) 4. Revolt, you said, one taking place in troubled spring (8) 9. One in charge of editorial (6) 10. Marx ended prematurely on river, returning by airship (8) 11. Transport American round, an old opera singer (6) 12. Potters about clutching a

gland (8) 13. Oddly Gladys is happy (3) 14. Kept pig outside in the

dark (6) 17. Missing opening, megastar collapses – it makes you weep (4,3) 21. Rat drowned in river in

the seventies, say (6) 25. Argue, making a noise (3) 26. Chap’s said to assist with

letters (8) 27. Broadcasting excellent

operas by Wagner (6) 28. She flies aircraft primarily

through skills, we hear (8) 29. I put in rigged votes for

Russian council (6) 30. Male speaker, one doing

so unclearly (8) 31. Take no nonsense,

Buster! (6)

DOWN

1. Only first of children is

married – a mistake (8) 2. One who’s above board? (8) 3. Went too far with stolen

deliveries for a start (8) 5. Verses from writer

followed by essay (6) 6. Naughty I am?

Nonsense! (6) 7. Sick, for example? You’re

dead right there! (3,3) 8. Criminal groups conceal

key in river (6) 12. Irishman, a real laugh, is a

lover of his country (7) 15. Small and sweet at heart (3) 16. Slang’s good or not

good? (3) 18. Not a big interval at a

concert? (8) 19. One fellow is involved in

treaty with non-fighter (8) 20. Raise fowl, keeping a

number (8) 22. Inflammable stuff produced by sodium lamp exploding (6) 23. Odds on dressing material is something to fix broken bone (6) 24. British prime minister cut

short fight (6) 25. Government mistreated

emigré (6)