CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Prison officers suffer preparation for stake (4,4) 5 Last piece not applicable for inclusion in record (6) 9 Horse that’s crooked and bare-faced (8) 10 Global organisation simply not fair (6) 12 Circle or part thereof with involuntary movement (6) 13 Sailor goes back to his drink in dance (5) 16 Prohibit children’s game, we hear, resulting in Irish ruin (6) 17 French qualification has solid worth in gambling game (8) 20 Victor to finish separatists’ feud (8) 21 Tending to lose energy right away (6) 23 Black ice on edge (5) 25 He’s fit to depose idol (6) 28 A pound plus whatever’s given to New York capital (6) 29 Drool as at live concert (8) 30 Moaned about evil spirit (6) 31 To informer, whisky is fodder (8)

DOWN

1 Succeed in office jobs before third test (4) 2 Determined gender, removing unknown, reveals offspring (4) 3 Place the bear in sleep for the winter (9) 4 Laugh out loud at one made up as sex kitten (6) 6 This man may be fortified by swallowing first bite of main meal (5) 7 Sailor held under water is blue (10) 8 Add-on almost leading conduct needed for getting out (10) 11 Locate unfinished problem in numerical notation (5) 14 Frank is chairman (5,5) 15 Can evil nun be a corruption not to be wished for? (10) 18 Troubles offer notes for providing affectionate touch (9) 19 Pad things (5) 22 Stayed wobbly but unwobbling (6) 24 Know how to carry out Japanese fencing (5) 26 Strip of street map found in Georgia (4) 27 Roman god prosecuted in retrospect (4)