Western Daily Press (Saturday)
Cryptic crossword
Across
1 A jaunt on the river, in
Germany (5)
6 Pudding to eat in soft
comfort (5)
9 Decry faultless service going round the country (7)
10 A blow afloat? (5)
11 A chemical derived
from tin, just about (5) 12 Make a mess of
something sweet (5) 13 Cause of furrowed brows or wires getting tangled (7)
15 When you've only a pound left, it means everything! (3) 17 Forget to order the
thing? (4)
18 The way mousy types
eat? (6)
19 It catches fish in the
Rhone (5)
20 The farmer's means of
guidance? (6) 22 Temptation to break a
rule (4) 24 Being in the garden gets us out of the house (3)
25 Fine a lot of money (7) 26 Honoured to be public relations officer for an urban district (5)
27 Is such lacy work a
little loopy? (5)
28 A beautiful creature
left in danger (5) 29 Politician capable of
treason? (7)
30 The old-fashioned fellows in the country (5)
31 My outward thoughts
are flights of fancy (5)
Down
2 This gun is obviously a
repeater (6)
3 Coster's
companion? (6) 4 Animal of a novel
kind (3)
5 Beefy Aberdonian? (5) 6 King, maybe, unable to
take flight (7) 7 Before touring India,
name a lake (4)
8 Walk on the street
with a sailorly gait (6) 12 Bit of fun always on
Saturday night? (5) 13 An inaccurate throw
can still have merit (5) 14 Search and rob of a
weapon (5) 15 Concerning a seaman out to wreck a
U-boat (5)
16 It provides a regular
return (5)
18 Travelling
tribesman (5)
19 Cheer when you hear the team's a man short? (7)
21 When one has nothing to eat, this can come in a bottle! (6) 22 Brownish uniform? (6) 23 Something served to
soldier (vegetarian) (6) 25 Foreign and possibly
coming to heel (5) 26 An exposed
position? (4)
28 Quiet order to a little
dog (3)