Cryptic Crossword
Across
1 Let sleeping dogs lie (5,4,5)
9 Was sceptre designed to gain
esteem? (7)
10 May use the list to get a
national emblem (7)
11 Be brave, like a boy who is
getting on a bit (4)
12 Some religious people had a
guide up in the air (5)
13 A gemstone fit for an old
friend (4)
16 Jackets worn by some
midshipmen (7)
17 Took a long step on the way to
go on horseback (6)
19 On line, one is relaxed about
rental agreement (6)
22 Turn over a prop on line,to be
well-liked )7)
25 Cultivate part of a still life (4) 26 Choose to have a run into an
artistic movement (2,3) 27 Can be a part of a stable
system (4)
30 Broadcast policy for a
company up in the air (7)
31 Upside down in some lines of
poetry (7)
32 A set of ancient Jewish manuscripts hidden in some caves (4,3,7)
Down
1 Did Beryl get rid of one
sparrow-like in form? (4-4)
2 A sailor had to work things out
to get a pardon (7)
3 Was on the level in the early
Seventies (4)
4 Guards head off to find access
(7)
5 Items for sale have one working
to produce medicines (7)
6 Left excellent reporter in his
den (4) 7 Record flat, commonly, on track
(4-3)
8 Genuine man in his own
domain (5)
14 Book One Direction for a fourfooted animal (5)
15 Break out in a volcanic
eruption (5)
18 Producers of some
thoroughbred horses (8)
20 Learn, eg, about an increase
in size (7)
21 To drink with some engineers
is the greatest (7)
22 Standard draws at social
gatherings (7)
23 Generous and reliable, but
losing energy (7)
24 Roles reversed in a band (5) 28 Join together, in fact, to get
rid of first degree (4)
29 Declare positively that some
can traverse a ridge (4)
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1 Downplay, 5 Spirit, 10 Liberal, 11 October, 12 Odium, 13
San Marino, 14 Head for heights, 17 Medicine bottle, 21 Handclasp, 23 Ultra, 24 Test-ban, 25 Iridium, 26 Crying, 27 Stuntman.
DOWN: 1 Dollop, 2 Website, 3 Paramedic, 4 Atlas Mountains, 6 Pitta, 7 Rubbish, 8 Tortoise, 9 John the Baptist, 15 Intrusion, 16 Emphatic, 18 Dynasty, 19 Lithium, 20 Carmen, 22 Cabin.
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