CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Large cooker perhaps for New York (3,5) 5 Loathed returning

to accept key part (6) 9 What boss of Thames wheel does for one’s imagination? (5,3) 10 Group of citizens

ignore flag (6) 12 Simple, like Marryat’s

midshipman (4) 13 Iffy science sadly

lacking leader in subtle expertise (10) 15 Laying out covers perhaps for item of bedroom furniture (8,5) 19 Sterilise meat contained in different places (13) 23 European OKs food and spirits expected around this? (5,5) 25 Amaze enthusiasts

heading west (4) 28 Slight old fellows

finish (6) 29 Cool Scandinavian shortly to leave dance (8) 30 Called out ‘The old

computer’s back!’ (6) 31 Grow about 50 for the first time in demesne (8)

DOWN

1 Massive car part (6) 2 Clever person omits

one kind (5) 3 Chic shop needing

refurbishment (4) 4 Decisive games don’t start periods of unemployment (3-4) 6 Names in Brussels initially inspire boredom (5) 7 Foreign beer bachelor imported can be sold to new owner (9) 8 He crossed Boyne in struggle with English colonist (8) 11 Large leader

turned hero (4) 14 Part of gracile animal

with little fat (4) 15 I clue ‘deft’ oddly, being

duplicitous (9) 16 Movement is minimal

at the start (3) 17 Duck leaves lake (4) 18 One Dutch Conservative avoids ‘green’ topic, 16 perhaps (8) 20 Shred first half

of letters (4) 21 No raids organised?

On the contrary (7) 22 Nobody in particular takes part in canyon expedition (6) 24 A name a German picked

up for orphan girl (5) 26 Old robe covers national

in Pacific archipelago (5) 27 Theory that’s

almost perfect (4)