THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Neat finish (6)
4 Files put in the wrong order with malicious intent (8)
9 Make a mistake and run for it (6)
10 In the convent it gives preferential treatment (8)
12 Boring makers of laws (4)
13 A growing source of opium (5)
14 Just the place to find amusement (4)
17 They have an interest in conversion schemes (12)
20 Motorists and golfers must do so to begin with (5,2,5)
23 High spots of a European tour (4)
24 So the reformed show spirit (5)
25 It’s made to last (4)
28 Morning revolution? (8)
29 Learned man took the chair around the front (6)
30 Careless example of hit and run (8)
31 Exchanged abuse with a guard, apparently (6)
DOWN
1 With which to welcome honest members (4,4)
2 Sits reel out, though unwearied (8)
3 In extremities they can be accommodating (4)
5 Drops from hard work (12)
6 Gathered to be all right (4)
7 When I’d get into a brawl? (6)
8 They put things on scales (6)
11 Monopolise rocks that are important in building (12)
15 Women of strange views (5)
16 Worn by the widow taken out by a gardener (5)
18 Strong drink can lead to a smash (8)
19 An exploit indeed to be beaten (8)
21 Shrubs for the French underground (6)
22 The city may be seen as part of ancient Greece (6)
26 No stranger to what dupes may be? (4)
27 A stage joke turned fatuous with the passage of time (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Vague and wordy speech (6)
4 Epoch-making (8)
9 Haughty (6)
10 Rebellion (8)
12 Report of recent event (4)
13 Oppressively dazzling light (5)
14 Portent (4)
17 Paradise (6,2,4)
20 Especially (2,10)
23 Disposition (4)
24 US-Canadian lake (5)
25 Only (4)
28 Freedom of action (8)
29 Happen to (6)
30 Form of memorial (8)
31 Lay on (6)
DOWN
1 Almost (4-4)
2 Preface (8)
3 Interval of calm (4)
5 A defect (12)
6 Clip into shape (4)
7 A dried grape (6)
8 Convincing (6)
11 Unexpectedly (3,2,1,6)
15 Mock attack (5)
16 A forest tree (5)
18 Fabled land of riches (8)
19 Unswervingly loyal (4-4)
21 Badge (6)
22 Scene of Tea Party, 1773 (6)
26 To check (4)
27 Consider (4)