Western Morning News (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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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)

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