CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1.

Setbacks the first-bornmight suffer (7)

6. Laughing, it ran amok (5)

9. Pavedareaof gardenwithapot one planted out (5)

10. Fantastic brazier made of it (7) 11. Joint thatmay be ahead of a bishop (5)

12. AGreek beginning (5)

13. Onewith the votemay have been aprince or archbishop (7)

15. Lower the flag and come out industrially (6)

16. Ladies can be endlessly theoretical (5)

18. First lady onMan to produce a cotton yarn (5)

20. Agemof a part, but nothing came of it (5)

21. He gives one a variation on a rondo (5)

22. Age ten, might render it ineffective (6)

25. Benefices are in existencewith the South (7)

26. Tortilla chip can be put back, almost hot (5) 27. Aplace of assembly sometime in the past attended by artist (5)

28. QueenVictoria, given the chance of gunning the throttle (7)

29. One left maiden so called (5)

30. In French, aword and a piece for the choir (5)

31. Outstanding nail set incorrectly (7)

Down 1.

Ficus elastica in barrel— n.b, put it out (6,5)

2. Flewvery lowover one as one made a phone call (6)

3. Naval officer of silent nature, fit for manoeuvres (5,10)

4. Front of attack has a reshaped aspect (9)

5. Halts the street operations (5)

6. Revolt against classicism by vital men or vicar maybe (8,7)

7. It’s living for others’interest liar must adjust to (8)

8. May limit one to a curved line in music (3)

14. Arepeat viewing of prophetic vision? (6,5) 17. They let the dolls darn them perhaps (9)

19. It points theway to add one’s name to one’s letters (8) 23. It’s the complete rent that is adjustable (6)

24. The rascal has removed the tail fromthe shellfish (5) 27. One’s object, at one in the morning (3)