CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS:
1 Diatribe. 5 Abacus. 9 Pleasure. 10 Jigsaw. 12 Cite. 13 Super-duper. 15 Weightlifting. 19 Fringe benefit. 23 Intolerant. 25 Wary. 28 Ignite. 29 Skeletal. 30 Yippee. 31 Advanced.
DOWN:
1 Depict. 2 Adept. 3 Rise. 4 Borough. 6 Blind. 7 Cashpoint. 8 Sewerage. 11 Dell. 14 Wing. 15 Written up. 16 Tie. 17 Fife. 18 Affinity. 20 Bird. 21 Nonskid. 22 Eyelid. 24 Latte. 26 Aztec. 27 Flea.
ACROSS
1 Firm in front, ruined in auction,
reveals willpower (4-7) 9 Some keeping a record show
a similarity (7) 10 Pity about bishop left to
hobble (7) 11 Short tense step in ballet (3) 12 Rotten chilli abandoned by
hotel? It is not allowed (7) 13 Use up vote in the USA foolishly (7) 14 Whole industry absorbs
European cash (3) 15 Drive onto strand, reportedly,
to find wood (5) 17 Clutch English beef (5) 18 Inspect uranium in entrance
to mine (5) 20 Additional person in crowd
scene (5) 22 Note about Henry’s article (3) 24 Desert travellers plot solution, ignoring the odds (7) 25 Bridge that’s said to create a
problem in the works (7) 26 A British puffin, for instance
(3) 27 End fuel tanks as necessary
(7) 28 Tool for alpine climber, one
Anglicans choose (3,4) 29 Agree to develop toys with six Europeans and one Yankee (3,3,2,3)
DOWN
1 Society shambles in which everyone noted new mean attitude (5-10) 2 Number 1’s back in new club –
it’s a pride issue (4,3) 3 Weep with pity occasionally in
mausoleum (5) 4 Army’s building units specially
to house stray hens (6,3) 5 Reckless driver runs over a
pet, dodging horse (4,3) 6 Like maternity unit lacking
automation? (6-9) 7 A lot of agents in Florida offering beauty treatment (6) 8 Run familiar car (6) 16 Always on the outside but
not cross (9) 18 Exceptionally pale selection
of unusual binoculars (6) 19 Ultimately strict law governs
very strong fungus (7) 21 Educational community foolishly made very good boxes (7) 23 Shout of delight: ‘Spain and
UK are in disarray!’ (6) 25 Broke film, first of two (5)