CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 See a security device with a timing mechanism (5)

6 Grounds for an about turn, just in case (5)

9 Keeps going to maintain a relative (5,2)

10 Be too curious about a spoilt son going to work (5)

11 There’s a future in this emporium (5)

12 Poet’s name for a fluttering heart (5)

13 The point claimed to be misrepresented? (7)

15 He contradicts a gentleman (3)

17 It has a flat face with a certain amount of hair on (4)

18 Fox needing a bit of luck during a sportive deed (6)

19 Journal of a father and a childless person (5)

20 A scare, perhaps, for an ancient Roman (6)

22 Carefully examine a broken fist (4)

24 Big success in a Whitehall farce (3)

25 It was made years ago (7)

26 Old-fashioned engine driver (5)

27 Place two articles with only a short distance between (5)

28 Put off Sally, perhaps, having a dizzy head (5)

29 Work out how to remain acceptable? (4,3)

30 Draw a possibly finer conclusion (5)

31 Figure study (5)

DOWN

2 One yearning for more inches? (6)

3 Composer who made church music fashionable (6)

4 Hill’s a bit of a slick operator (3)

5 It’s best one goes to town (5)

6 Kevin could act the stern CO, possibly (7)

7 For certain players, cash in advance (4)

8 Open the drapes? (6)

12 A dark mystery somewhere in Africa (5)

13 Dump at the roadside? (5)

14 Want a customer for a tin opener (5)

15 A collectable dog one comes to love (5)

16 Celestial cause of the tide changing at the quarter-year (5)

18 Figures out a piece of linen is strong material (5)

19 Someone to do business with? (7)

21 The flighty fellow’s collecting Maria at mid-morning (6)

22 Rocky beds (6)

23 Dawn, admired by Francophiles (6)

25 That plucky Marx Brother? (5)

26 A drink of benefit or interest (4)

28 Diagram having no place, being very faint (3)