CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Yesterday’s solution ( 15,846) ACROSS:
1 In-flight. 5 Stewed. 9 Camellia. 10 Ebbing. 12 Side. 13 Chimpanzee. 15 Mad cow disease. 19 Penny pinching. 23 Goalkeeper. 25 Shoo. 28 Acumen. 29 True-blue. 30 Steady. 31 Syndrome.
DOWN:
1 Incise. 2 Famed. 3 Idly. 4 Heigh-ho. 6 Tibia. 7 Whizz-bang. 8 Doggerel. 11 Amid. 14 Edgy. 15 Miniature. 16 Wan.
17 Skit. 18 Spyglass. 20 Idea. 21 Clearly. 22 Cohere. 24 Knead. 26 Hello. 27 Weld.
ACROSS
1 Graduate Times? Sadly, it isn’t
good work for au pair (4-7)
9 Irishman tucked into tea and
bread in India (7)
10 Depict historical event, mov
ing centre around area (2-5) 11 Leaders of fair engage young
clairvoyant (3)
12 A king put in dodgy offer for
dodgy profit (4-3)
13 Put chap off making repair
(5,2)
14 Stole choker (3)
15 Sailor runs round gym to get
thinner (5)
17 Back-to-back accounts describe river in African capital (5)
18 Perfect top-class weekends
in Pennsylvania (5)
20 Coventry Street, scene of
secret rendezvous (5)
22 First woman recruited by
28 (3)
24 Shrill cry that takes in every
one except husband (7)
25 Slippery assassin almost re
turns in middle of week (3-4) 26 Broadcast song (3)
27 Citizen and member of secre
tive society? Not so (7)
28 Regret retaining flat income
(7)
29 Maybe Czech journalist meets current taskmaster (5-6)
DOWN
1 Illicit dealers want to sell drinks
outside (5,10)
2 Confirm big animal’s escaped?
(4,3)
3 Smell last batch of muffins
coming up (5)
4 Political group twice try argu
ing with OAP (4,5)
5 Noticed teacher consuming
cold drink (4,3)
6 Regarding pics, he lambasted
illustrator (7,8)
7 Ignoring Kenyan leader, Obama’s turned up in Beetle (6)
8 More work needed to create
perfect location (6)
16 Bird with this sulky manner
could be unpredictable (9) 18 Calm Channel Islands fellow
cuts salary (6)
19 A first-class average returns
to state of deficiency (7)
21 Mediterranean city TV
screens a live broadcast (3,4) 23 Cancel event involving num
ber in cricket team (6)
25 Dread losing first slip (5)