CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Tough task, left running

hotel in France once (4,4) 5. Get back what Yorkshire

couple nicked (6)

9. Money’s wasted defending doctor’s diagnosis perhaps (8)

10. Sweet old fellows occupy

part of golf course (6)

12. Steer round big city stone

(4)

13. One hopes to convert vital

genes out of sequence (10) 15. Old lady on her feet im presses duke, showing off (13)

19. Trained visitors lacking time to make intelligent estimate (8,5)

23. Boy about to be brought in

to smarten up stalag (6,4) 25. Donkey heading off for a

spin (4)

28. Work hard in attempt to

win prize (6)

29. Short piece worried

nation in South Africa (8) 30. Hurry female across a

street (6)

31. Fine land borders both

sides (3,5)

Down

1. The French Number 1’s

revolting injury (6)

2. Baby goat (5)

3. Collect woman’s daughter

(4)

4. Cold snooty SW county

upset about motorway (7) 6. Some developers secretly

run away together (5)

7. Old fellow moves house across main road, out of bounds (3,6)

8. Rebuilt pier gets

widespread admiration (8) 11. Can university put up

section of building? (4)

14. Silver found in South America? It’s a long story (4)

15. Surplus in America around

Ohio’s tacky (9)

16. Small fool lifted piece of

turf (3)

17. Call for northern river to

be raised (4)

18. Report brief dispute between Germany, Spain and Switzerland (8)

20. Chase horse and suchlike

first (4)

21. Okra applied to one large

oral complaint (7)

22. Despot’s partial to petty

ranting (6)

24. Old revolutionary hoards

rare pigment (5)

26. Very keen director general hosts one in Glasgow (5)

27. It’s just somewhere with

amusements (4)