CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Put money aside with grim expression to prevent humiliation (4,4) 5 Examines grid patterns (6) 9 Drudge in main section of lab, for example (8) 10 Creature that’s mischievous in the manner of antelope (6) 12 Capacitor makes prisoner more stupid (9) 13 Phoney initially paid back what was owed (5) 14 Bird of prey that represents formation of clan (6) 17 Old physician caught in high wind to the north (5) 20 Sole material for shoes to creep about in (5) 21 Gorgon found in sea by America (6) 24 Smell that’s old and grim (5) 25 Gradually purchase sound qualifications (2,7) 28 Fix securely for first-class novice in standup comedy (4,2) 29 Right-wingmessagedeliveredinjazz interval (4,4) 30 Possibly asleep, time perhaps will pass (6) 31 Morass everyone’s taken on with US postwar plan (8)

DOWN

1 Previously mentioned employment reported to arouse desire (6) 2 They don’t use animals kept, for example, in vehicles (6) 3 Lie about dietary constituent (5) 4 Writes program to compose original clever poems (5) 6 Find place for messenger boys to live in sections of websites (4,5) 7 Clan very unsettled, showing the white feather (8) 8 Substitutes new end to upright (5-3) 11 Cut back old symbol in police department (6) 15 Gap grouse created in sets of peers (3-6) 16 Acquire means to make sheepdog go left, now ... (4,2) 18 ... cur’s gone out to beg, borrow or steal (8) 19 The girl’s in charge at 22, so ... (8) 22 ... rave on about where two gentlemen come from (6) 23 Advised too (2,4) 26 Cook was sick, lay down (5) 27 Surmise fatigues swamped incumbent (5)