CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sells wood for the fire, initially (5)

6 Good quality; shame about the loose end (5)

9 An artist seems confused by a king (7)

10 Not ashamed to be in favour of a bit of study (5)

11 In ancient Rome, they were common (5)

12 Poles apart?

Buzz off! (5) 13 Approbation shown by more spectators (7)

15 Juice of sarsaparilla (3)

17 Tray design showing aesthetic sensitivity (4) 18 Complain about the beef? (6)

19 It’s hard, being

broke (5) 20 Best suit (6) 22 Right name for an academy (4)

24 Still a bit matey, albeit backward (3) 25 I’m ethical, but this is simply wrong (7)

26 More than a ton weight? (5) 27 Black mark, perhaps, when a chap gets out of line (5) 28 Mendelssohn’s

cat? (5) 29 Surrenders to a soldier with bad veins (5,2)

30 A motor may contain one, just in case (5)

31 He goes to the club to have a swim (5)

DOWN

2 Greater Elgar composition with a rousing start (6) 3 Peevish as a

Dwarf? (6) 4 Sorry about the publicity for the leisure

centre (3) 5 Delivered port to the Turk’s Head (5) 6 Irascible but not tasteless (7)

7 Lies around being insular (4)

8 Just the man to prejudice things? (6) 12 Sadly, they could be a wee bit peelie-wallie (5)

13 Like a shrew who’s been called mousy? (5)

14 Strong drink

(5)

15 How can it be sweet when a uniform is in rags? (5) 16 Something afoot for the cyclist (5) 18 Guardian of wealth, but has he no gem? (5)

19 As put in the sink, perhaps, or in outer space (7) 21 He’s in the phone book (6)

22 Ivanhoe’s lady in a squabble with another (6)

23 People rather

like Dan? (6) 25 The man who came to dinner (5)

26 An indication of good amid evil? (4)

28 Not really a

bad lie? (3)