CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

5 Clergyman helps make up a story (6) 8 A ripe mixture with contents of stiff drink (8) 9 Coal miner runs after dog (7) 10 Hadrian’s type? (5) 11 Grievance shown by politician (Liberal) in action, perhaps (9) 13 Supplied with what’s necessary, ’e joked (8) 14 Man at front of the Spanish place of worship (6) 17 For instance, good breakfast ingredient? (3) 19 Consumed some dates (3) 20 Raced madly round a shopping precinct (6) 23 Angry bridge player somewhere in America? (4, 4) 26 Unmarried person with sleeveless vest on (9) 28 Publish result (5) 29 Standard time for a charity event? (4, 3) 30 Player on pitch put off going round goal (8) 31 Heroine is not young – needs energy (6)

DOWN

1 Horror film in which pigeon loses tail (6) 2 Jane (Henry’s wife) said to have better vision? (7) 3 Held to ransom, child had 40 winks (9) 4 Boyfriend in café going crazy (6) 5 Vision of what gold-diggers will do (8) 6 Saucy dance? (5) 7 Type of tree: alder one replaced (8) 12 Poem due to be read aloud (3) 15 Here Linda could become a star (9) 16 Things for a trainee solicitor? (8) 18 Create abominable teenager (8) 21 Number is also heard (3) 22 Apart from the south-east, this area’s popular with holidaymakers (7) 24 Actually where property contract is contained? (6) 25 He is taken in by Conservative hypothesis (6) 27 Foreign writer, note, with exotic logo (5)