CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Musician gets roasting for playing dismally (8) 5 Be parsimonious when adding final price to 7(6) 9 Did this western kid perform one to attract light and heat? (8) 10 Golfers’ socks, perhaps, bespoke in west of Scotland (6) 12 Remains of fire found by rock on the beach (6) 13 Clearance Frenchman attends in American city (5) 16 Gas around full volume causes loss of vision (6) 17 Unsoiled resort is pie in the sky (8) 20 Accesses the way to reach performers on tour (8) 21 To be unaccompanied except by learner is neither here nor there (3,3) 23 Casual guys who were failures until they put in some energy (5) 25 Test grant for black music (6) 28 In part, Mary answers description of Indoeuropeans (6) 29 Additional information given to pay the bill with a fiver, for example (8) 30 Appeared to get a look at almost landlocked sea (6) 31 Most cheerful when just a tiny bit of religious instruction is included (8)

DOWN

1 Slalom ski facility available in Russian city (4) 2 Going over heads no good for obtaining medal (4) 3 Positions next to the kerb in readiness for getting out (9) 4 Peculiar corset used in area of operation (6) 6 Complains about parking restriction by vehicles (5) 7 Only road in is rocked by the cry of the rag and bone man (3,3,4) 8 Still intending not to be easily swayed (4-6) 11 You old fellows are in Arab country (5) 14 Music for singing attracts conclusions of equal goals (5,5) 15 Writer of Victorian mystery who materialised only once AD (5,5) 18 Ulster law breaks down at English lake (9) 19 Expression of awe seeing doctor in coastal valley (5) 22 Drift around, being dummy (6) 24 From that time, wickedness overcame the church (5) 26 and 27 Is very fond of mess when just room for two to sit here (4,4)