CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 One’s own little

drug-store (5) 6 Granted, it’s a wicked deed by Charlie (5)

9 Art or craft of the snooker player? (7) 10 Strange argot no longer in use (5) 11 Didn’t exactly rush to escape! (5)

12 Footwear a drunkard got out for a sailor (5)

13 Pretend to be discerning? (4,3)

15 Vehicle needed in one’s job, usually (3) 17 She lets in the

light (4)

18 The blockhead gets these sorted, by order! (6) 19 Punished, some fine day (5)

20 Beat down the old woman with the bad leg (6)

22 Fair maid’s

forename (4) 24 It’s changed, but not significantly (3)

25 Realm of Rex and Dominic? (7) 26 He has seniority and will perform for money (5) 27 No major figure in a centre for divorces (5) 28 Directors sounding bored (5)

29 Not one can be found therein! (7)

30 Written, perhaps, by a non-U deputy (5)

31 Cuddly boy? (5)

DOWN

2 Sour, hard-hearted, fearsome fellow (6) 3 Replacements for broken spears (6) 4 Very good house for the titular head (3) 5 Beastly article tots are upset about (5)

6 Bent on a career in crime? (7)

7 One islet or

eight? (4)

8 Be sure to wander in the darkness (6) 12 Nominal issue,

perhaps (5) 13 Questionable

strength? (5) 14 Near St. Pancras, they get cross!

(5)

15 It’s hairy, having to carry a deadhead! (5) 16 Such radio you can get to be mates

with (5)

18 Start to live

on drink (5) 19 Baffled, again, when there’s all that water about (7)

21 How the RAF man is apt to shoot a line (6)

22 Overlook the admixture of gin with mineral (6)

23 Tied up, being low on wine (6)

25 His minced steak is sheer poetry! (5) 26 Many an individual gets cheated (4) 28 In between, it can easily be lost (3)