The Independent

Cryptic crossword

- By HIEROGLYPH

Across 6 27/22/9’s part of Greater Manchester fashion (9) 8 27/22/4/6 bowled a yorker, half-cut? (5) 10 27/22’s craft’s somewhat

bastardise­d (6) 11 27/22/1’s uncontroll­ed rant in the other place? (8) 12 Scruffy male’s presumably supporting himself outside (7) 15 27/22/12’s top budget

supermarke­t (7) 16 27/22/10/10 incarnate,

oddly ignored (7) 20 27/22/3’s saucy number

one? (7) 23 27/22/5’s teacher

welcoming a viscount (7) 24 Study of versificat­ion’s for obnoxious person by the close of Friday (7) 29 Call to begin party around lunchtime ends in chemical abuse (8) 30 Extremes of gastrointe­stinal irritation? Hiccup! (6) 31 27/22/7’s extremely melancholi­c and evasive (5) 32 27/22/2’s tenor, feeling unwell, ultimately brought on (9)

Down 1 27/22/8’s centre of gravity described by German writer? (6) 2 Right away, crackpot pursues exhausts (4,2) 3 A noisy fuss 22 reported in this year (3-2) 4 Feature of sailing vessel mother isn’t about to accept rising in the morning (8) 5 Once again drink a toast to theatre over 7D (8) 7 Sheltered DirectorGe­neral attached strip (5) 9 Silver under gold’s elaboratel­y ornamented (6) 13 No-good monarch’s

family (3) 14 One-time Kiwi runner’s

detailed complaint (3) 17 Disappear vehicle key in

eastern Spain (8) 18 Like horseshoes, perhaps, for dead cert at Ascot (6,2) 19 Simpleton to casually improvise on a guitar, say (6) 21 Man leaving Greek island

character there? (3) 22 Anyone that resides in

brew-houses? (3) 25 Stew recipe? Starter of offal wrapped in a stomach (6) 26 27/22/11’s mum entertaini­ng American college (5) 27 Tipped up rubbish fish

bones? (6) 28 Get to know tragic character’s destinatio­n in the end (5)

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