Cryptic Crossword
SOLUTION ACROSS:1
Shake-ups. 5 Offset. 9 Transfer. 10 Linger. 12 Ewer. 13 My Fair Lady. 15 Round the clock. 19 Nuclear energy. 23 Candyfloss. 25 Dory. 28 Coerce. 29 Brouhaha. 30 Earwax. 31 Clueless.
DOWN:
1 Setter. 2 Agape. 3 Easy. 4 Pie-eyed. 6 Friar. 7 Signatory. 8 Teriyaki. 11 Mash. 14 Dupe. 15 Raconteur. 16 Toe. 17 Carp. 18 Unicycle. 20 Role. 21 Nostril. 22 Bypass. 24 Yucca. 26 Ovate. 27 Jute.
ACROSS:
1 Scattered fine fish food, nothing left or wasted (8,3)
9 Begin board game here when busy (2,3,2)
10 Obscure pawnbroker meets Arab (7)
11 What Tokyo birds display, approximately centrally (3)
12 Not short of nourishment but not using mains? (4-3)
13 Legally, a supermarket obstructs edges of valley (7)
14 Boring tool oddly built (3)
15 Ring back about one fragrant tree (5)
17 ‘King and Country’ type? (5)
18 School periods that may have conditions attached (5)
20 Tiny piece of land is rented out (5)
22 City where you’ll find iron close to quartz (3)
24 Mail’s thrilled following a city council’s approval (7)
25 He can’t rely fully on earnings, having broken promise (7)
26 Fine houses available initially from timber supplier (3)
27 In Listowel it is taken to be exclusive (7)
28 How fool behaves in an East Anglian bishopric (7)
29 Northern Irish naval
organisation makes glossy film (4,7)
DOWN:
1 Plump Latin actor at Rocky film (5,10)
2 End fuel supply? Is it necessary? (7)
3 Bore to cut turf (5)
4 Ambiguous match involves four old clubs (9)
5 Posh student gets into huge vehicle for some kissing (7)
6 Cook more cheesed off about pork starter? That’s right (7,2,6)
7 Trap firm beginning to blog on the internet (6)
8 Carry on playing, sacrificing rook and drawing (6)
16 Recurring theme, large one in baroque motet No. 4 (9)
18 Tenor and French composer make journey (6)
19 I follow new laws about greeting in foreign language (7)
21 Skinheads getting thumped in pit?
I’m panicking (7) 23 Money in Lodz, ultimately plenty, including yen (6)
25 He runs down captain, not very quietly (5)