CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Is Manchester team’s last character starting to fall apart? (8) 5 Fugitive avoids a
landing strip (6) 9 One enjoys an
argument at work? (8) 10 Trip that involves
exposure? (6) 12 Retrieve a little
information (4) 13 Cook double corn of the highest standard (6,4) 15 State benefit arises in harbour housing (6,7) 19 Carol and Pearl worked with NCO such as this? (5,8) 23 Somehow it rolls up, protecting entrance to castle? (10) 25 Drink bottled in
Hastings (4) 28 A Republican member allowed band (6) 29 Loose woman succeeded with instrument (8) 30 Mike’s stupidly
beginning to tempt fate (6) 31 Prosecute pamphlet a couple of Poles brought in (8)
DOWN
1 Deceive US guy about
Spanish article (6) 2 This must be altered to
include good view (5) 3 Pleasant relative
wastes energy (4) 4 Bouncer’s positioned
inside cafe (7) 6 Complete change of policy stripping future navy (1-4) 7 Eddy offering risky
round trips at sea (9) 8 Ascetic discipline mostly impairs dairy produce (8) 11 Plans omit a date in middle of month once (4) 14 Good service bypasses
new spots (4) 15 Idiot could be amusing
or boring (9) 16 Regularly repair
organ (3) 17 Temporarily set aside
green area (4) 18 In panic, lift biscuit (8) 20 European capital’s unlimited industrial action (4) 21 Playwright brings in radical device producing hard copy (7) 22 Order fool to go over
shoddy stuff (6) 24 Crinkly stuff salesperson
found in church (5) 26 Pies cooked a shade
of brown (5) 27 Wreck I manage
to preserve (4)