CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Foodies’ delicacy prepared in apt raid of geese (4,2,4,4)

9 Car’s thrown into neutral (7)

10 Lily made, in Scotland, protracted test (7) 11 Reared with British education (4)

12 Fish serves half a score of kids (5) 13 Face reality, planting maple (4)

16 Dean alternately attempts to make up applications (7)

17 One’s in skilled work of slating (6) 19 Morning viva is wicked (6)

22 River at water level is something you can drink (7)

25 Corniche regularly visited on a former occasion (4)

26 Game that’s kind to probationer taking part (5)

27 Old name union initially saw as burden (4) 30 Age certain to face obliteration (7) 31 Pour over flatbread, top sliced off, in sitting

room (7)

32 Bill’s progress, in part, is to undertake to be ready for first stroke on platform (9,5)

DOWN

1 Legendary soldier of second company took command (8)

2 Isn’t tie arguably most minute? (7) 3 Redecorate tail end (4)

4 Suitability infests bad job (7)

5 Not allowed to be sick in charge of computing (7)

6 Girl, single, has disappeared (4)

7 A number give thanks to detective for indigestion remedy (7)

8 Hardy version of sea creature (5) 14 Ceremonial headdress gets last bit stuck in bog (5)

15 Author who originally overlooked religious practice (5)

18 Erase set pattern of mosaic materials ... (8)

ROS SHERARD 20 ... building materials for group’s special place? No (7)

21 Travel at speed on circuit with driving restriction (3-4)

22 “I’ll eat my hat” if it’s this one? (4,3)

23 Old instrument to use in band or accompaniment (7)

24 Plebs don’t start to play parts (5)

28 Stick on a Pacific island (4)

29 Runs over vessels (4)