CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 See9 5 No tops when reversible are exactly the right answer (4,2) 9 and 1 Try to remember about rocks and watch out for hostility by stealth (4,4,4,4) 10 Hesitation going to bed is utter rubbish (6) 12 Adventure that went badly wrong and was not warded off (9) 13 Rough outline of military service (5) 14 A dreamer, one who makes us smile (6) 17 Round pen from way back when (2,3) 20 Fields a supplement in prescribed doses (5) 21 It may be used to distribute load _ of laundry, perhaps (6) 24 I take part in performance in Italian city (5) 25 Skill I strangle in Jerusalem, for example (9) 28 Bird Scotsman’s given to Italian painter (6) 29 Australian praise for inclusion of Windscale (9) 30 Salad ingredient used in soldiers’ meal (6) 31 Roman goddess is apprehensive of those who refuse to listen (4,4)

DOWN

1 Dummy may poke fun at being at Uni (4-2) 2 Bahamas port that’s as UN as can be (6) 3 Second-class flour, it’s said, used to make Scottish food (5) 4 Plume produced by Charlie and others (5) 6 Thump key to make some old money (5,4) 7 Steal a ribbon and receive congratulations (4,1,3) 8 Parasite found when meat done incorrectly (8) 11 Loves to be wildly aroused without you, they say (6) 15 Tradesman strikes an unpleasant note with preserving equipment (5,4) 16 Provide headgear for a pig? Who cares! (2,4) 18 I’m the bees knees at operational research with copier ... (8) 19 ... as copied by wily predator (8) 22 Car compared to a toy that’s broken (6) 23 Slow passages experienced in rough Solent (6) 26 Subject of article I object to (5) 27 Mightily please with sound of steam locomotive (5)