CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mother’s interrupted by a bighead - the snake! (5) 6 Try a test another way (5) 9 Under water, it takes a month to work! (7) 10 Eject that drunkard out of the house! (5)

11 Make a splash with her in the river (5)

12 Like an owlish lion? (5) 13 America’s road to liberation? (7)

15 A drink in the local, especially (3)

17 Being metal, it conducts electricity (4)

18 It’s useful for pouring fuel out, apparently (6) 19 Watchful for a later change (5)

20 As a dairy product, you can pack it up (6) 22 Tasteful little figures (4) 24 The Dawkins family? (3) 25 An expression of congratulation to a smart individual (4,3)

26 It’s often replaced on sporting grounds (5)

27 By Robin, is it modern music? (5)

28 Projected productions (5) 29 Regular pay for a place to stay (7)

30 Alloy used for farthings, one imagines (5)

31 The silly fellows may go to Canada! (5)

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2 A support sailors may like to get (6)

3 Kicked Edward with a loud cry (6)

4 Current West End performance (3)

5 To time without delay (5) 6 It will eventually happen that an act gets banned (4,3)

7 Grey, but still able to have a fling? (4)

8 In a story, it’s no good to confuse things (6) 12 Having four legs, may be apt to give a bleat (5)

13 The sheep a fathead has to make secure? (5) 14 Consumed in great enthusiasm (5)

15 A New Zealand figure in an Italian resort (5)

16 She makes a change from Elsie (5)

18 Natural product; you can make “fur” with it (5) 19 Hopes to take a donkey round the pier, perhaps (7) 21 In letting the herd stray around, cause obstruction (6)

22 In feel, perhaps, suggestive of a cat (6)

23 They guard treasures, yet possess no gems (6)

25 It’s somewhat circular, like a ring in the nose (5) 26 Goes down with many a subscription (4)

28 In bad visibility, note the footballer’s error (3)