CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Home is just a step round

the corner (5)

6 You couldn’t use it as a club

(or could you?) (5)

9 It’s nasty when there’s a lot

to get out of the way (7) 10 Animal chewing oats when

finishing breakfast (5) 11 They sustain distracted

males (5)

12 A pram manufacturing city

(5)

13 Lars, upset about a woman

having more than a few (7) 15 One of many (3)

17 Run in strict rotation (4) 18 Agrees to change the lubricant (6)

19 Like a cold stare from Rocky

(5)

20 It has foreign money, note

(6)

22 Area redeveloped in the late

twenties (4)

24 River in the south of Alaska

(3)

25 A game lover always has half

an hour for a friend (7)

26 It takes off and levels out (5) 27 What you need to get somewhere fast (5)

28 Part of the arterial network

(5)

29 Narrating in an effective way (7)

30 Like an extra that seems dead wrong to many (5) 31 Frighten deer going around the outback (5)

DOWN

2 Scatter around the bed? (6) 3 Swiss cottage (6) 4 Supply the inner man (3) 5 Some allegations, strange

but legitimate (5)

6 In brief, a woman given

money (7)

7 The appeal of a quiet river

(4)

8 In Texas, figure everybody to

have a bit of cash (6) 12 Stick to good glass (5)

13 It’s difficult being strictly

formal (5)

14 Like sound cords (5)

15 She takes me out for fresh

air (5)

16 It’s infinitely discouraging

(5)

18 As a garden decorator, he’s

fabulous! (5)

19 Reproved a skinhead for

biting a fellow! (7) 21 Knocked for having used a

popular vocal style (6) 22 Secondary player who maybe gets out for a duck again (6)

23 A mocked creature (6) 25 It’s just over a foot (5) 26 Pursued by a Red, he ran out

(4)

28 Also puts point into publicity (3)