GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

9 Boy gets diamonds for “wonderful” girl (5) 10 Seduce EU partner with charm (9) 11 Spooner urinated toys in legal documents (4,5) 12 On 51p, I would get fat (5) 13 1 + 1? Without detection, I give up … (7) 15 … propose wild guess, got nothing to lose (7) 17 Room for fish, but not starter of mackerel (5) 18 Wearing dunce’s hat, I’m a little bit slow (3) 20 Abbot puts on shirt and tie (5) 22 Teachers writing about flower (7) 25 Engine going about 760mph, extremely noticeable (7) 26 Top worn by a barbarian (5) 27 Substitute every second (9) 30 Most cold and damp, like the largest space heard (9) 31 Traveller to arrive on time (5)

DOWN

1 Group not allowed

on the radio (4) 2 Sack British concert artist, the possible end for a falling star (8) 3 Germany’s European record is

extreme (4) 4 Ant’s partner fibbed about competition’s close being avoided (8) 5 Conservative returning knighthood — is this a serious issue? (6) 6 Unfortunately, I get cold chasing a mint — sorry! (10) 7 Clean tackles, Premier League headers by blue and red United (6) 8 Lead, helium and nitrogen escapes (4) 13 Fool rises in the morning for tea (5) 14 Daughter’s body clock determines when to have food (6,4) 16 Sense of style (5) 19 Mineral made from two-item compound? (8) 21 Annoyed that shirt’s missing from counterfeit Man U strip (2,2,4) 23 Ghost in sunglasses? (6) 24 Rescues about 50 captives (6) 26 Back massage by Norse causes skin injury (4) 28 Sweet music (4) 29 Puts away chair, front to back (4)