CRYPTIC Crossword

Complete to reveal two solutions in the shaded squares, relating

to the picture clues.

PICTURE CLUES

10ac & 17dn

ACROSS

9 A sign of the same thing (5) 10 Movie made this way around (9)

11 Former Friar (we hear) gets delays and setbacks initially but increases business ( 7) 12 Can be made up of tics, son… ( 7)

13 … says he (3)

14 Sable for German Elise (3) 15 What you can do a runner on? (3)

16 Stupid pest (3)

18 Rowdier? Wordier?

Anxious ( 7)

19 He’s a fireman, but only once a year (3)

22 Make a mistake and get back in arrears (3) 23 A horse from the East created avian produce (3) 24 Madam remarried Sir initially (3)

25 A brass ice cream? ( 7)

27 It’s no longer only oral ( 7) 30 What cages are made of? (9) 31 You get them if you have it (5)

DOWN

1 He was found in the bog, reportedly (4)

2 Banged into album peddlers (6)

3 Alf goes west then north to produce a dessert (4) 4 Four experts could be on the cards (4)

5 About relating to (10)

6 It’s not very deep (4) 7 Calling on Sting VII (8) 8 Detest being examined (6) 13 Daniel’s study? (3) 14 Go fretting for not remembering (10)

15 The September 1st commercial was morbid (3) 17 Movie about tummy hem (3,5)

18 Uncooked and coming up for battle (3)

20 Make a positive statement out of eyeshadow (3)

21 Sign to erect on unfrozen lake? (6)

24 Bumped into brick holder and got instructions (6) 26 A smelly bear (4)

27 You disappear if you’ve gone there (4)

28 What has millstones got to do with sickness? (4) 29 Found a place of comfort between alpine stones (4)