CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Regarding a guardian utterly upset when carrying article (8)
5 Covering fish and meat on a regular basis (6)
9 Engineer wading in front of two lakes in Highland town (8)
10 Selected thing for watering garden in sides of cabin (6)
12 Loose bits of thread found in Dublin theatre (4)
13 Bankers etc. turned
out in fine cars (10)
15 Weariless, unseal exhibit for analysis (13)
19 Tenth coronary requiring review? Quite the reverse! (2,3,8)
23 Reddish-brown row of houses restricted by extraordinary area (10)
25 Bone in a limb is somewhat painful, naturally (4)
28 Be dishonest and mean and keep out of sight (3,3)
29 Occupying a block, say, with journalist that’s puffed up? (8)
30 Code of secrecy broken at Rome (6)
31 Like a target for golfers,
we hear, in general (2,1,5)
DOWN
1 Very small toy’s top, awkward
to use with no end of stuff (6)
2 Group of nine from the south
getting projected part? (5)
3 Regulation over new patch of grass (4)
4 English explorer in U.S. city (7)
6 A medic goes round hospital for this purpose (2,3)
7 One typifying an activity by poorest ground (6,3)
8 Element captures large animal with time on reflection (8)
11 Recipe with a good refined meat sauce (4)
14 Perennial shrub found in Greek city (not the outskirts) (4)
15 Direct need possibly after Democrat quits to mediate (9)
16 A pair of notes for woman (3)
17 Actor John’s process at
the end of winter? (4)
18 Singer Elvis taking instrument around east of Germany (8)
20 Award winner embracing ordinary source of music (4)
21 Complaint from Greek character about poor taste? The opposite! (7)
22 Lad we’d diverted gets to waste time (6)
24 Take up work in commercial environment ultimately (5)
26 Group starts to try out indoor game (5)
27 Switching direction, develop feeling of warmth (4)