CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Do its wrong parts get eaten? (5) 6 Overindulge in jam? (5) 9 Mainly the church at Filey, possibly (7) 10 Name a busy type of playwright (5) 11 Displeased with what is of higher class? (5) 12 Some of this river encircles central Germany, but it’s in France (5) 13 Shrub or pine, perhaps, in part of the Jurassic (7) 15 Something to clean up, in fact? (3) 17 Some laudable picture from Hollywood (4) 18 Big girl struggling for breath? (6) 19 Chap getting a poor share of a posh house (5) 20 Digging with this, half of it may get lower (6) 22 No longer tense (4) 24 Junior masonic centre (3) 25 Girl’s name for a musical instrument (7) 26 But it’s not slow, to give trouble at certain points (5) 27 King for whom the common people had a secret love? (5) 28 The dog sank her teeth into a companion! (5) 29 Examination of figures during a meal (7) 30 Alter, for a change, at some future time (5) 31 Martin’s part of Birmingham?(5)

DOWN

2 Stop referring to a transport cafe (4,2) 3 In practice (without public relations) unsuitably sour or vinegary (6) 4 An article every mother needs (3) 5 One singer in three? (5) 6 Produce snores or strange rumbles (7) 7 The impressive kind? (4) 8 If you want bread, stick to this (6) 12 Bit of a bloomer by the boys (5) 13 Jokes made by old fools without hesitation (5) 14 Girl stuff, French style (5) 15 It’s bound to contain maps (5) 16 Try fitting a new seat to an old model car (5) 18 Anatomically, it’s different from the elbow (5) 19 Wander with me and that Cockney woman (7) 21 Had she a quarrel with another woman? (6) 22 The dangers of working with pliers (6) 23 You can stick it on the wall, maybe (6) 25 Polite to Ian, a chap who is not of service (5) 26 It isn’t all it sounds! (4) 28 Bleat like a sad hearted bachelor (3)