CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Hectare crossed by Commonwealth poet in ancient Cadzow’s 12 (8) 5 I am surrounded by cries of “let it be” from 12 in France (6) 9 Nearly speechless at chips served at 12 on Solway Firth (8) 10 Howe of this 12 is three-quarters of Black Isle Firth (6) 12 Plane came down at identified location (9) 13 Elliptical section, for example, that doesn’t begin to be famously symbolic (5) 14 Be crazy, endlessly foolhardy with 12’s hot curry (6) 17 Some Berbers found at Rannoch and Coldingham (5) 20 Vehicles provided smart return journey (5) 21 No remainer, they say, in city 12 of southern England (6) 24 Impart gravity to uncivilised 12 of Somerset village (5) 25 Upset, I’m leaving town at 12 on outskirts of Glasgow (9) 28 Meal I’d cooked for Filipino lady (6) 29 Many raced splendidly against 12 of RAF college (8) 30 Goodaccommodationprovidedforstable lads (6) 31 Locatebrassinstrumentatmoray community 12 (8) DOWN 1 Experienced hydrotherapy at Crieff or Peebles, say (3,3) 2 Mother’s said to be near 12 in India (6) 3 12 in Northern Ireland learn to build (5) 4 Home game allows for one boundary (5) 6 12 extra people arrived on prime beach (9) 7 Demon not slain in Canadian 12 (8) 8 I heard father point the finger at 12 in Sicily (8) 11 Putative monster’s head, that is (6) 15 Sad matter sorted out in Dutch 12 (9) 16 Miser wanders round house in jackdaw’s 12 (6) 18 Ireland caught in police trap at 12 in Scotland (8) 19 Red-haired,theysay,withself-importance where 12 resorts in California (3,5) 22 No video is shot in this Spanish 12 (6) 23 Capital 12 where Arthurian wizard exchanged crown (6) 26 All but entice US soldier with dreaded illness (5) 27 Deity’s not applicable in case of sex organ (5)