CRYPTIC CROSSWORD £500
ACROSS
1 Portray bride excitedly holding key (8)
5 Curve in road caught by traffic light (6)
9 Burt and Les troubled by end of day that’s stormy (8)
10 Unreasonable charge incurred by trip of family (3-3)
12 Figure backed singular place to practise cricket (4)
13 A frail icon resettled in U.S. state (10)
15 Expert in complaints related to small issue? (13)
19 Chap with nod exchanged some coins getting to vary endlessly (4,3,6)
23 Initiate first of youths, Joseph’s partner, in cocktail (6,4)
25 Star heard to be inactive (4)
28 Love commercial line in fruit (6)
29 Friendly, old agents with bigger lets initially in the Home Counties (8)
30 Greet old sailor carrying uniform close to quayside (6)
31 Recall second chronicle with page about mass tombs in Egypt (8)
DOWN
1 Expose first signs of dissent entering place of retirement (6)
2 Sun overlooks place bordering river and stream (5)
3 Assess speed (4)
4 Unusually brainy individual’s top Indian dish (7)
6 A fighter with love for friend (5)
7 Robin with crew prepared staple food (5,4)
8 Official artist in front of site stops (8)
11 Successful record carrying new intimation (4)
14 Greek character goes after fine native food (4)
15 Opportunity for snapping? (5,4)
16 Patrick at intervals in part of a circle (3)
17 Section of organisation assembled in Scottish island (4)
18 Indecent mark on ordinary American touring Britain (8)
20 Abandon place for putting rubbish (4)
21 Agreement hard Roman forged over year (7)
22 Adjournment in secluded area of building (6)
24 Number getting instruction on an archaeological site? (5)
26 U.S. mate brought up excellent Middle East destination (5)
27 Support opening of ambitious opera (4)