Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 3. Argued to get let out but was easily controlled (9) 8. Self-esteem for lions? (5) 9. Do be quiet, mother! (3) 11. Led in and cut out to appear and sound pleasing (6) 12. Form some more poses and then have a rest (6)

15. Got up like a flower? (4)

18. I get given the data and become all shook up (8) 19. Indeed I act as if I was to consecrate something (8) 20. What’s mostly heading this way? (4)

24. Mind how you lament it (6) 27. Mr Neill takes a nap in a Chinese boat (6) 28. Anyway, show some spirit (3) 30. That sort of paint isn’t fitted for the job (5)

31. It’s simple, just provide the answer (9) DOWN 1. More than one of 8. Across will become a spinner (6) 2. Plunders the firearms (6) 3. Rene goes West to take it up again (5)

4. Stick to it (3)

5. Some sublime fruit (4) 6. Three of the patriots (4)

7. I get red and look dreadful (4) 10. You are to do wrong at this point but bear with it (6)

13. It’s a cheap sort of fruit (5) 14. The sort of wheat mentioned in a gospel tale (5)

16. So to a bee it’s considered overweight (5)

17. Cited as a decree? (5)

18. The French find it bare yet suitable for cultivating (6) 21. Father is about to become pale and call for aid (6)

22. They are somehow seen at once to govern us (6) 23. In America, villagers seek to find fault with it (5)

24. Just name it as neck hair (4) 25. Nominate 24. Down accordingly (4)

26. Some collapsed in a church recess (4) 29. Favourite cat or dog? (3)

Solution in next month’s issue.