Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Put up with being a

candidate? (5)

6 When drunk, it's different to get close (5)

9 What 'L' may be for (no, not learner) (7)

10 One drawn to be after a bride? (5)

11 A mug for pub use in New York (5)

12 He was wicked at kissing (5)

13 Peelers employed on the railway? (7)

15 Favourite piano piece with a quiet ending (3)

17 Learn something sound (4)

18 Elapse in a way that will be satisfacto­ry (6)

19 A strapping bit of leg? (5)

20 Goes in for bookkeepin­g? (6)

22 An expert from start to finish (4)

24 Impatient utterance from a backward chap (3)

25 Gardening books? (7)

26 Garment lost? You bet! (5)

27 Left a piece of land for cotton (5)

28 When the annualised percentage rate is one pound? (5)

29 Only apt to annoy a minority? (7)

30 Persists in breeding pekes (5)

31 That of a jungle king? (5)

Down

2 A creature mocked? (6)

3 Twist pounds out of Orville, possibly (6)

4 New end of Millwall (3)

5 River tours arranged (5)

6 Several fit to be held on to (7)

7 She's apt to open up in the dark (4)

8 Possible sources of creaks – or neighs? (6)

12 Astronomer's trousers? (5)

13 She's on record as ovine (5)

14 It's dirty and heartbreak­ing (5)

15 It's eaten farther away than central Streatham (5)

16 Charges terrible rates (5)

18 Aspidistra on the snooker table? (5)

19 Old soldiers' ability to reach a person's heart (7)

21 Name I have as an indigenous inhabitant (6)

22 So loveless and superior, but nice at night (6)

23 Friendly, ideal arrangemen­t about money (6)

25 A flower sprang up (5)

26 A mistake in the field (4)

28 A politician, currently? (3)

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