Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Moon taking glib turn when in flower (8)

5. Fruit one starts guzzling with pears perhaps (6)

10. Half your prohibitio­n relates to town (5)

11. Bombastic rage Don is capable of (9)

12. Take it away from Ted, having upset the cart (7)

13. How old wine in France can get a new blend (7)

14. Not hard for Richard to let some old widow run wild (6) 16. Landed properties in the East of America? (7)

19. Gets hold of it in boats that are breaking up (7)

21. Producer of pollen set man spinning (6)

25. Depending on it, learn to adapt (7)

26. A beau for a maid to err about (7)

28. State of beginner to invite a new twist to it (9) 29. No Conservati­ve factory returns first-class instrument panel (5)

30. Those respected in church take about 500 reels to make up (6)

31. One from Cedar country has seen Elba in turmoil (8)

DOWN

1. Getting round by a means of scoring four (8)

2. A bit in the viva voce relates to its track through the sky (7) 3. An aim that may turn out to be a craze (5)

4. Deny agent who turns to the East (6)

6. Dan turned awkward, being superfluou­s (9)

7. A trial of wills Pat bore out (7)

8. Pin for joint taking weeks to prepare, right? (6)

9. Painting used by leading Socialist to try to get votes (7)

15. It’s the nature of the person in the book (9)

17. Detains it as an alternativ­e (7)

18. Get more sincere about a put-in (8)

20. One held dear may stand for nothing in bed (7)

22. I’m clear about its being an astonishin­g feat (7)

23. Finger used to shape hair over the brow (6)

24. Art of training horses taking men age to work out (6)

27. Cosa Nostra might aim to upset the Football Associatio­n (5)

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