CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 It may mean junk ends up as junk! (9) 9 Something not what it seems? This person’s about to get very cross (6) 10 Lights by promontory

shown in picture (9) 11 Hunter’s drink —

not the first (6) 12 Composer in Swiss

city with beer mug (9) 13 Article penned by a foreign

Socialist is not perused (6) 17 Edmund falling over in pit (3) 19 Criticise a revolutionary

for grand manner (7) 20 Someone who sees

what you can see (7) 21 Black bird rolls over

in this bundle (3) 23 Saint in ruin needing money (6) 27 Terrible US baddies must be

set free from wrong ideas (9) 28 Veto is exercised in council (6) 29 Carpet material by edge

and at the back (9) 30 Blunders made by English

bishop at back of basilica (6) 31 See red and act violently,

bringing 6 (9) DOWN 2 Blissful place in the avenue (6) 3 Quiet editor, worker who pays

attention to good grammar? (6) 4 Declaim as English Conservative joining in ceremony (6) 5 Bill coming up — what is charged is something fanciful (7) 6 Is husband getting on held in serious ignominy? (9) 7 Leader of society wants fairness organised without any frills (4,5) 8 Rob and Pete dread being

made to look silly (9) 14 Someone having agents

to sort out party mess (9) 15 English partygoers?

They get into the groove (9) 16 With stress beginning to spread around, I had bad things happening (9) 17 One day rising to

find dampness (3) 18 Sign of approval in words regularly trotted out (3) 22 Irritability in an east Texas city (7) 24 Author with obstacle,

not finishing (6) 25 Drink repeatedly being knocked over leads to grumble (6) 26 Note put up: ‘We need this

for cheese-making’ (6)