CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Germs without end initially discovered in camels’ home (7) 5 Highly-skilled person found in first-class department (5) 11 Can sling the nice out during expulsion of racial group (6,9) 12 and 13 Individually chooses manual tools (4,5) 14 Greek characters more than satisfy in retirement (4) 17 Learned to have escaped penalty (3,3) 18 Hack to the leg creates uproar (7) 20 Estate settlements uprooted in Sleat (7) 22 Chancy clicking involves going round and round (6) 24 Scots gave soldier some education (4) 25 Bed to have fun around? (5) 26 Visibly damage special vehicle (4) 29 After botched deal, a twin gets spirit to be a bigamist, for example (4,1,6,4) 30 Secretly hide belt clinching shirt (5) 31 Affirm that music event is leading entertainment (7)

DOWN 2 Behaviour you don’t see nowadays to which archaeologists object (1,5,2,3,4)

3 Cut down to original edge (4) 4 Island that is strong, mainly (2,5) 6 Does not have odd damage to bodywork (4) 7 Heading off, ran fast laps with boards for electronic connections (7,8) 8 Model Hilton revealed in Indian city (5) 9 Looks at wall-hanging lizards with refreshed head (6) 10 Family story might just as well be read backwards (3,4) 15 and 27 Mass conic projection of casual font (5,4) 16 Crank to convert kids (5) 19 Affected females on mountain are exoticlooking cats (7) 21 Proust seen to collapse in drunken state (6) 22 Beat gear (7) 23 Constellation that may arise spontaneously (5) 27 See 15 28 Give verbal description of school session (4)