CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Experimental new trail (5) 6 Leonard Nimoy looking eerie? (5) 9 Aggressive enough for marital disaster (7) 10 Food for the days of youth (5) 11 Wed a woman who’s out to be a bit of a worry? (5) 12 Satisfied that it’s very soft in the hay (5) 13 Bogey man? (7) 15 You can shoot one, blow it! (3) 17 On paper, an admission of ignorance (4) 18 He might glare wildly at a dunderhead (6) 19 Moves to make the coffee go round (5) 20 Grab a car part (6) 22 Just a piece of wire to me (4) 24 Burger ingredient! (3) 25 Conditionally released to take part in protection (7) 26 Handle with generosity (5) 27 Sag like a broken door needing a bit of paint (5) 28 The vessel a bachelor’s in (5) 29 In command, he’s vague (7) 30 Half a mile in the car free of jams (5) 31 High-speed checkers (5)

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2 Cause to argue? (6) 3 Female deadlier than the male (6) 4 Stable type? (3) 5 Take the wrong way (5) 6 Specimens current in a less unusual case (7)

7 Work is fun! (4) 8 Mount a camel outright! (6) 12 Erica’s land (5) 13 One well held, sir? (5) 14 A professional stand-in (5) 15 Group of people in a plane crash! (5) 16 More in VAT (5) 18 Hugely distinguished (5) 19 Go and break a scraper (7) 21 Hardy associate (6) 22 Spirits of the chap with more about him (6) 23 Wild area in foreign parts (6) 25 Trimmed some of the drapes, possibly (5) 26 To reduce the gas, you need a mantle (4) 28 Extra decoration in a pub (3)