CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Changing habit, place kind of

order (10)

6 Dance bouncer (4)

9 Fellows’ protective

leather wear (5)

10 Giving orders, ink in some food

prep (9)

12 Gear alien set around

comedians? (9)

13 Swine by an earthen abode (5) 14 Meteorologist’s line: “I cry a

river” (6)

16 At hearing, Bohr gets ready to

make a proposal (6)

20 Left priests some beasts (6) 21 Sheep in summer in Ontario (6) 24 Taken out frequently,

so it’s said (5)

26 Gatekeeper holding top of an observatory measuring device (9)

28 Backing off taking tenants,

including the Spanish (9) 29 Shift smoothly among house

guests (5)

30 Grow gradually larger and

yellow, like some ears (4) 31 Retrospective permits nothing

more by Greek film actor (4,6)

DOWN

1 Cooked chic meal with

changing power (8) 2 Wrongly put aloe in cooking

fluid (6,3)

3 Sent back model with a

fabulous figure? (5) 4 Education stops some

turbulence (6) 5 Stimulating popular

observation in speech (8) 7 Imitating a light metallic

sound (5) 8 Stage final story (6)

11 Two articles about call on a

tennis court player (7)

15 A bunch of musicians

on leave (7)

17 Close-fitting tee grabbed by

runner before dark (4-5) 18 Mention about concert

booster’s temporary home (8) 19 Broken bordello buzzer (8) 22 Regret broadcast involving

Bruin great (6)

23 Fuss about a game’s first

quarter, one played slowly (6) 25 Life altered by Mendelssohn (5) 27 Flub in form is doubted (5)

ACROSS

1 Representative in Capitol I

harassed (10)

6 Victory by good side (4) 9 Mathematical symbol: short

symbol written by scholar (5) 10 Put back in control, say (9) 12 Thoughtfulness of Charlie on

team, helping (13)

14 Form of acting, extremely

original in show once more (4-4) 15 Stick with a present containing

diamonds (6)

17 Musical piece from Chess

on a tape (6)

19 Game course allowed to be

included (8)

21 Rib uncle being clumsy with item of cutlery, fork-like utensil (8,5)

24 A gorilla playfully trapping tail

of short reptile (9)

25 Blow in bursts with old verve (5) 26 Band when inside say nothing (4) 27 Husband, Alf, after cap for his

wife? (6,4)

DOWN

1 Qualify? I don’t know (4) 2 American soldier in pub

reasoned correctly (7) 3 Hobby’s starting point,

oddly (13)

4 Church dignitary in a line

following king, maybe (8) 5 Come up a slope (5)

7 Fancy goods initially imported by island state (7)

8 New sleeping-place mostly occupied by English commando (5,5) 11 Gossip once grand slam

broadcast (13)

13 Angry, anglers about a critical

point (10)

16 Pole bowled over with vigour,

dismissing first one (8) 18 Last of batsmen, positive

around leg stump (7)

20 SI unit spelt differently –

ampère in this country (7) 22 Loose-limbed, Italian

male after end of drill (5) 23 What may appear just before one gets to hotel? (4)