Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Illustrati­on that would, we are told, be incisive (7)

6. Blows one’s sleeve-ends (5)

9. Dance music coming from Myanmar formerly (5)

10. Spread over and almost permit it to surround us (7) 11. Approaches are wrong in two ways (5)

12. Turn out always on time (5)

13. Threats that can seem misplaced (7)

15. Being unhappy, is taking off and backing out (6)

16. Love you finally found with the egg-cell of a plant (5)

18. Where alcohol is concerned, it’s strong as a corpse (5) 20. To such time as it’s removed from my account, I’ll hold it (5) 21. An earlier abbot’s deputy (5)

22. The terrible child is precocious in French (6)

25. How it could pay one to be rum is confusing (7)

26. A citrous sort of yellow (5)

27. A butterfly may be inverted in print (5)

28. Materials deposited in a vial with lutetium (7)

29. Put it down to ignorance, at the end of the day (5)

30. Was pushing against the other riders but got tired of it (5) 31. Inner nature of the East shown by various scenes (7)

DOWN

1. How Parliament may witness term of change (11) 2. In place or time it’s some way away (6)

3. It is establishe­d for the country’s worship (6,2,7)

4. What’s left after the fellers have been at work (4-5) 5. Instigate a politician to lie about it (5)

6. Flowers that summon the faithful to prayer in Kent (10,5) 7. Player who comes to blows across his instrument (8) 8. One might as well give up this call for help (1,1,1)

14. A malt George made grow into a mass (11)

17. Male in tie perhaps one could do away with (9)

19. A nark in class starts every riot (8)

23. Cowardly chorus-leader who gets the bird (6)

24. The very likeness of one to a sorcerer (5)

27. On which corn is eaten by a short-legged horse (3)

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