CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Irregular fight risks him being put to rout (8)

5. Bear the expense of safe contents at the crossing (6)

10. What’s worth having, like complete collection (5)

11. Went to convert ‘away’ to ‘home’? (9)

12. Hugged copper, and diddled after I’d left (7)

13. One in pain, to have only half, will get there (7)

14. Study S American nation’s unfortunate end (6)

16. Astronaut’s comeback is concerned with writing in the record (7)

19. Cuban knifeman uses it to cut the mace (7)

21. Handy American fuel-distribution (6)

25. It takes Burma to manufacture embroidress’s frame (7)

26. One unplaced too giving the Navy a centre (4-3)

28. Faced by man at the oche, it will suddenly shoot the directors (9)

29. To divert one is an artist’s inspiration (5)

30. Tries such pieces of literary composition (6)

31. Without spirit life, sick, luckless, halved (8)

DOWN

1. The main picture shows as head-cover: see about it! (8)

2. He has privileged information, being in prison? Right! (7)

3. A put-up situation for Carmen? (5)

4. Unwavering regular date, perhaps (6)

6. Distant objects in old coinage (9)

7. Live through being dismissed, endlessly tired (7)

8. Avoided party, for instance, up in day’s date (6)

9. Noted illegal broadcasters of Penzance? (7)

15. Shakespeare’s was whining with his satchel (9)

17. It charts The Sky at Night, does it? (4-3)

18. There, poppies for remembrance loudly slander displacement (8)

20. Thinks a lot of muck appears in advertisements (7)

22. Vast amount of money goes on melody (7)

23. Dull food gets thrown around the party being given up (6)

24. Wicked sort of light! (6)

27. Dismiss about fifty for being lazy (5) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Drove 4. Attacks 8. North and South 10. Evade 11. Port 12. Team 16. Otter 17. Indefatigable

19. Shelled 20. Notes

Down: 1. Dinner parties 2. Oar 3. Echoes 4. Annual 5. Tasted 6. Courtiers

7. Schoolmasters 9. Partridge 13. Woeful 14. Stated 15. Origin 18. Bet