CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Being no longer concerned with poorer dividends (4,2,8)

9 Cottar has disorder in part of his circulation (7)

10 Worker found to be out of danger when introduced to South American city (5,2)

11 Place of accusation for weed (4)

12 Trojan king joins one in small boat (5)

13 I finish being around this girl (4)

16 Get rumour of cries of pain about operating system (7)

17 Reef discovered by sailor originally next to Irish county (6)

19 Deduct part of score, we hear, given to Russian mathematician (6)

22 Material to make you the opposite of fat when taking cheese (7)

25 Very small part of flora and fauna outwith capital (4)

26 Royal bride’s family loses head over racehorse (5)

27 Seven-year problem after taking the edge off join in marriage? (4)

30 Cover for speaker with virus, perhaps (7)

31 Lively diva from University College took first crossing over head (7)

32 Vegan is let into plot about purple dyes (7,7)

DOWN

1 Expunge the memory of active dislike (4,4)

2 Element of holy picture covered with 50 per cent silver (7)

3 Flood erosion reveals this European river (4)

4 Ringo’s mad about last Beatle _ pays no attention (7)

5 Sun cast over people in central Italy (7)

6 and 7 Phone bridge to ask for tool to deal with nut (4,7)

8 Intoxicating day he was reinstated (5)

14 Is successful with musical compositions, say (5)

15 Engages in watersports, it’s said, with peasants (5)

18 Cutlasses with high speed ratio are French (8)

20 Piece for publication? Clear it with editor (7)

21 Flower in part of speech given to girl (7)

22 Oral exam permitted on return to Israeli city (3,4)

23 Go into ecstasies about employment at clinical speciality hospital (7)

24 Italian man to whom mother’s given Greek letter (5)

28 Egyptian churchman runs business parttime (4)

29 Aura of half-hearted greeting (4)