CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1.

Fuel oil that when liquid gets you going (8)

5. Walk with difficulty in a skirt such as this (6)

10. Monochromatic beam renders the ill a service, partially (5)

11. Judy’s old man is on the phone, and that’s the end of the story (5,4)

12. God might otherwise react to gold (7) 13. Calling it school time in first grade (7)

14. Tempt one to be nice with ET playing about (6)

16. Gild the mixture with a great deal of pleasure (7)

19. It is admitted to garden – and about time! (7)

21. Liberally shower one with hot stuff (6)

25. It is of insubstantial use to UN (7) 26. What sort of a cure-all can a pea be? (7)

28. Extra energy one needed to acquit one (9)

29. Insect wound may be a deception (5) 30. How Ingres portrayed a chorister (6)

31. Its cachet gets ripe for development (8)

DOWN

1. Perhaps about 51 copies of insurance documents (8)

2. Have regard for a relation (7)

3. Have a top degree right in one’s hand (5)

4. Make it known I’m to get the role (6) 6. Else, to her it may be sage (9)

7. UK’s warm sort of overcoat (7)

8. Come out with egghead, and blend in (6)

9. Somebody else might have no heart (7)

15. Cannot see the difference in this sort of Chinese (9)

17. The jute cloth shows she’s in a muddle (7)

18. It is the eternal percussion instrument (8)

20. Statement made separately when in weakened health (7)

22. In a clinic cupboard he was up to being a composer (7) 23. Emphasise it to be a kind of fracture (6) 24. What a paper will do, on publication (6) 27. Is inquisitive as to the probosces (5)