Cryptic crossword

Across

1 The duchess's

game (5)

6 Group of 100 in the

pool (5)

9 Very particular sort of

fuel for the car (7) 10 To a woman, it's

wine (5)

11 Wild bears can be

dangerous! (5)

12 The game of the

flighty set (5) 13 Whereat, possibly, to

survive the storm (7) 15 A ballpoint for less

than twopence (3) 17 Too much of a good

thing? (4)

18 A big-headed wet, but

clever (6)

19 Unhappy about some

lack of food (5) 20 Works hard for old

soldiers (6)

22 Gosh, outside Maidenhead there's a big lake! (4)

24 It's better than a

draw (3) 25 Out amid the waving corn, there's a little bread (7)

26 Reprove disorderly

clods (5)

27 Could start to stink,

this backwater (5)

28 A Titan bound (5) 29 Name a for a European Union caste, possibly (7)

30 Carbon lamp not favoured by motorists (5)

31 Sort of fund you can

believe in (5)

Down

2 A nose that will attract

attention? (6)

3 To put a cat in the pigs' place is not clever (6)

4 Outwardly saucy

remark? (3)

5 Ban being naughtily

bared (5)

6 Bird able to transport a sailor to the quarter deck? (7) 7 What a lass sadly

said (4)

8 Travelling opera? (6) 12 Artist, for example, in

sad disarray (5) 13 Best! (5)

14 Settle for a meagre

share, possibly (5) 15 One enters a scheme

with an airman (5) 16 Stocking half on, only

twisted (5)

18 An inventor with

vision (5)

19 Make provision for securities getting pricier (5,2)

21 The peninsula up

north? (6)

22 Tailor's vessel? (6) 23 Bog where gold is

found in quantity (6) 25 To many, possibly hot

stuff (5)

26 Appear to check a

figure (4)

28 Do something in

play (3)