Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. A renegade can’t tour around (8)

5. Pass RE like this: there’s not much to it (6)

10. Assert it’s the miner’s right to a piece of land (5)

11. She’s loved by a man at Rio interchang­e (9)

12. One might retain a lack of movement (7)

13. Come together in order to be an officer (7)

14. Bear witness to what testament contains (6)

16. Coming back from Peking I arrange to put one on trial (7) 19. Men dare to move and wander at random (7)

21. It draws a kind of skirt (6)

25. One is not taking one’s departure (7)

26. Is eager for a dryness in the throat (7)

28. It’s the woman who rules the art I turn out in a month (9) 29. Public square where they zap around Los Angeles (5) 30. It may take a plug of coke in the street (6)

31. Caution with which dun will creep about (8)

DOWN

1. Skilful as such voting can be (8)

2. Chemical test substance turns green at mixing it (7) 3. Heavenly body will arrive at end of August (5)

4. A beast of a thin plate turns up (6)

6. Profession­al may make a fuss but will produce offspring (9) 7. Selfish driver who’s on his way to being a pig (7) 8. Communicat­es with a PC? (1-5)

9. A remark made in order to set it aside for a purpose (7)

15. Visit seen as being different if one’s touchy (9)

17. The church officials who could serve King George (7) 18. Uniform charge for apartment: tear it out (4,4)

20. Laces it in such a way that it can be stretched (7)

22. Ring it down at close of play (7)

23. Regions one ascends to, one is told (6)

24. Padre in the RAF maybe (6)

27. Wished for dance with the editor (5)

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