GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

9 Herb Alpert’s debut, one regularly covered by

British Sign Language (5) 10 Complex to explain (9)

11 Passing time with artist playing tennis (9)

12 Catholic girl’s lesson in style (5) 13 Leader’s a supporter of independence? (7)

15 Wow! Not even posh journalist suffered an attack of the giggles (7)

17 ‘After dark’ piece on the radio (5) 18 Slow boat merely capsized … (3) 20 … crew too heavy? Not half! (5) 22,7 Dishes a world away, fine for the Springboks? (7,6)

25 Up-to-date creep keeps dashing out (2,5)

26 Where to stay after golf? (5) 27 Seducer of fifty-one sexy maidens (6,3)

30 One should look thoroughly for trendy magazine wanting adult’s clothing (9)

31 Change shirt owned by real model (5)

DOWN

1 Help one gamble (4)

2 Paces about at home, close to staying, then getting away (8) 3 Luxurious and rich, 80%+ (4) 4 Rodent’s sin: entering waste flow (5,3)

5 Approach tailless urban feline from behind (6)

6 Accompanying dog into party about books (10)

7 See 22

8 Looks up and down (4)

13 Power is rising by three quarters (5) 14 Anaesthetise small dog biting tot, else in trouble (3,2,5)

16 Cockney wife’s nationality … (5) 19 … their old money, trading capital for a billion workers (8)

21 Most of bottle satisfied special connoisseurs (8)

23 Most recent Hollywood trial? (6) 24 Documents describe the end of government cuts (6)

26 Hydrogen gas shock (4)

28 Dash through Dixieland (4) 29 King managed to go up and annoy (4)