SOLUTIONS TO FRIDAY’S PUZZLES

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,454

ACROSS: 1 Commence. 5 Attach. 9 Chlorine. 10 Autumn. 12 Over. 13 Pancake day. 15 Inconvenience. 19 Argumentative. 23 Manservant. 25 Alto. 28 Slogan. 29 Ulterior. 30 Tassel. 31 Prologue.

DOWN: 1 Cuckoo. 2 Melee. 3 Earn. 4 Contain. 6 Trunk. 7 Abundance. 8 Honeybee. 11 Acne. 14 Scam. 15 Ingenuous. 16 Vat. 17 Iris. 18 Marmoset. 20 Nave. 21 Annular. 22 Course. 24 Evade. 26 Lying. 27 Keel.