Cryptic Crossword

SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Struggle. 5 Hot tub. 9 Maharani. 10 Klaxon.

12 Lobe. 13 Corned beef. 15 Smooth tongued. 19 Cross-question. 23 Melting pot. 25 Idea. 28 Log jam. 29 Escalate.

30 Zither. 31 Ornament.

DOWN: 1 Sample. 2 Rehab. 3 Garb. 4 Line-out. 6 Oiled.

7 Tax return. 8 Bona fide. 11 Knot. 14 Boss. 15 Spotlight. 16 Hue. 17 Nail. 18 Schmaltz. 20 Urge. 21 Sponsor. 22 Caveat. 24 Inane. 26 Drape. 27 Gala.

ACROSS:

1 Weird game with animal involving old lust for power (11)

9 Martyr accepts returning to capture piggish mammal (7)

10 American wears this nearly new kit, possibly in church (7)

11 Tree has to be chopped up (3)

12 It excites university during a solar explosion (7)

13 Declared bible was wrong (7)

14 Story claimed odd bits should be excluded (3)

15 Detected how to extract metal from ore (5)

17 Compensate salesperson and youth primarily (5)

18 Computer company imports each type of girder (1-4)

20 Site of event’s missing English goddess (5)

22 Lettuce that’s firm and small (3)

24 Branch of mechanics and statistics first to be dropped (7)

25 Student left paid job (7)

26 Entertaining couple’s party includes uniform (3)

27 Tramp’s towel perhaps covering feet (7)

28 Material made from diluted spirits and stuff (7)

29 It’s unclear if pension roughly covers 100 at college (11)

DOWN:

1 Small-scale production of power from crushed magnetic iron ore (15)

2 Good girls put drink in these (7)

3 True alloy needs to have parts swapped (5)

4 Staff hotel at function in New York borough (9)

5 Sort of energy almost impresses London university (7)

6 Focussed on man’s fixed phone contract covering Rhode Island (15)

7 Lecturer bends over in lounge (6)

8 Blasted delay bringing in doctor initially is fatal (6)

16 What takes place in autumn after eliminating first bug (9)

18 Home team’s confidential (6)

19 It’s on me after massage and it’s damp (7)

21 Isolate marine mammal on holiday (4,3)

23 Irish MP arranged to forego one crustacean (6)

25 Reason to register cut diamonds (5)