CROSSWORD

Roger Squires No. 3,626

ACROSS

1 Perform in pantomime horse perhaps? That creates interest (6)

4 Scheme for church to contain prison outbreak (8)

10 Staff instruction to get a move on (7)

11 Foes seem in confusion after battle finished (7)

12 New deal for a depressed area (4)

13 Threw one’s weight about on the sports field (3,3,4)

15 Student’s carnival game for the rabble (6)

16 No great matter in a New York examining body? (7)

20 Basically, a threat needs to be dealt with (2,5)

21 Laced running shoes maybe (6)

24 One lacking a dance partner made a bloomer (10)

26 Capital in endless loose change (4)

28 They push home charges (7)

29 He was bound to begin (but not finish) his performance (7)

30 Off to Spring Fair (8)

31 The roof covering yonder church (6)

DOWN

1 Students staying at school are the ones who get on (8)

2 Henry’s short journey in gloomy conditions (4-5)

3 Outmoded mathematical aids may finish up on the fire (4)

5 One voter may make a suggestion (8)

6 Cliché of a hi-fi buff (10)

7 Flower head of hydrangea comes from Ireland (5)

8 Simulated tears shed by Zulu leader (6)

9 Subjects in it are clearly defined (5)

14 Sea comes over the prom in the harbour area (10)

17 Change gear as temporary measure (9)

18 Large groups come inside for free portions (6,2)

19 Caution had Simon dithering (8)

22 Grants a minor point (6)

23 I held wrong capital (5)

25 Dance where people avoid the bar (5)

27 Bearing of an ex-president? (4)