CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Very unexpected change in a faker (5)
6 Insurance for many deliveries (5)
9 Decoration of stone, possibly (7)
10 A case of taking too much interest (5)
11 Wine spilt by an unnamed comedian (5)
12 Do actors need their support? (5)
13 Plants trees at a rail terminus (7)
15 It’s an awkward way to sit (3)
17 Multiplication stable (4)
18 Burn up the track? (6)
19 Fourpence in old money (5)
20 Use them for a strategic device (6)
22 Astounding thing to do at snooker (4)
24 A little sunshine when it’s rainy outside (3)
25 The question of Edwin Drood? (7)
26 Summer snake? (5)
27 The fear when Capone has a weapon (5)
28 Sinful Simon (5)
29 Exit used for the getaway? (7)
30 Where a golfer may play or not (5)
31 A venture in writing (5)
DOWN
2 The finished effect may be a strange lustre (6)
3 Fearful to wander far for help (6)
4 A donkey’s skeleton type? (3) 5 Heavenly twins, perhaps? (5)
6 Small enough to go in a handbag (7)
7 Solitary individuals (4)
8 Steamy rubbish packed in ice, possibly (6)
12 Explorer who sounded like a lord? (5)
13 A boaster’s bloomer (5)
14 Fat little fellow? (5)
15 Routine letter to precede the ceremony (5)
16 Brilliant, but bashful about being taken in? (5)
18 One apt to stray when chasing the nymphs? (5)
19 Though worthy of praise, he makes the dog moan! (4,3)
21 Norman wrote books (and posted them?) (6) 22 Wanders from a shallow container into a larger one (6)
23 After some hours, her hula is breathless (6)
25 It measures many a chopped up tree (5)
26 Wherein Jason’s men were all at sea (4)
28 The name on the master key (3)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 4. Safety 7. Roulette 8. PLA-CID 10. Spat-s 13. H-air 14. Tina 15. Palm 16. We-y 17. Blur 19. (To-)Bias 21. Bound-less 23. Room 24. Hers 26. To-y 27. Brag 29. Unit 32. Beat (-rice) 33. P-E-ony 34. Safari 35. Scarf-ace 36. Gent-le.
DOWN: 1. Fro-St 2. Human 3. Bets 4. Se-p-al 5. Fear 6. Tribes 9. Limber 11. Pip 12. TA-boo 13. Hard hat 15. Pun 16. Was 18. Lumber 20. I-ssue 21. (Oh) Boy 22. Leg 23. Ro-Tate 25. Din 28. Raise 30. Nomad (rev.) 31. Tyres 32. Bait 33. P-art.