CROSSWORD

Chris Leyland No. 9

ACROSS

1 Point covered by last agenda (5) 4 Run off secured by Slav losing British runner (8) 10 Very near shot shut shop (5,2) 12 See flashy twit use outfit suitable for dives (3,4) 13 At large, south in Cornish town (5) 14 Dress with origins in several areas round India (4) 15 Young swimmer’s standard score we hear (4) 17 Major-domo’s guilty? It’d hurt, I belted out (3,6,3,2) 20 Send word yen in a tumble it’s short-lived shock (4,4,6) 24 Wrongdoing by president’s No. 2 (4) 25 Partly homesick I wish I could be in Christchurch (4) 26 One way to get out - bail’s on me (5) 28 To mostly bet on company making a quid? (7) 29 May one have ____of hope in gutter? (7) 30 Press one upset giving feedback (8) 31 Reportedly encountered queue in Paris tube (5)

DOWN

2 Book about women’s (men excluded) tête-à-tête (7) 3 Part of ‘jungle’ behind church land (5) 5 Crafty pro designers clothe wife donning macho garb? (5,8) 6 Jot letter to Greek (4) 7 Um, it’s an awful big wave (7) 8 Charity club circular (6) 9 Attendant in safety, locally put up (7) 11 Lulu bursting with passion, I’m timid (13) 16 Swimming pool requires cap on - not half (4) 18 Ruse fooling employer (4) 19 Weakling gasping needing iron? No (4-3) 21 It’s a devil in Cuba kept short by US (7) 22 Percussionist with pad by La Manche? (7) 23 In Gujarat a vast rising incarnation (6) 26 Polish are outstanding (5) 27 Alpine sound in Switzerland executive officer catches (4) SOLUTION to Roger Squires No 3,597: Across - 1 Notice, 4 Caught on, 9 Mallet, 10 Champion, 12 Slipknot, 13 Albert, 15 Sago, 16 Maisonette, 19 On one’s toes, 20 Trip, 23 Bluffs, 25 Reviewer, 27 Top-notch, 28 Craven, 29 Duration, 30 Debris. Down - 1 Nemesis, 2 Talking-to, 3 Clerks, 5 Ache, 6 Gambling, 7 Twice, 8 Nanette, 11 Royalty, 14 Ushered, 17 Throw over, 18 Seafront, 19 Orbited, 21 Parents, 22 Pierre, 24 Upper, 26 Echo.