CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,338

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ACROSS

1 Bob rather upset without right towelled garment (8) 5 Sides of store amid terrible cold having doors barred? (6) 9 Sunlit ground fringing Italian river not marred by development? (8) 10 Artist inspired by flowerless plant in boggy area (6) 12 Firm with a large

mined commodity (4) 13 Damon with Murray, say, one traipsing higher land? (10) 15 Fancy manor with equipment in chilly Sweden has weeds (4,9) 19 Noted film tainting sport

when broadcast (13) 23 One choosing items to publish traces typo needing revision (4,6) 25 Mark group behind

bishop (4) 28 Place to go facing Edward is subject to depredation? (6) 29 Learner with a volatile

temper in Welsh town (8) 30 Narrow length of carpet for candidate for a post (6) 31 Example of batting

posture at the crease? (8)

DOWN

1 Energetic young male going

round furnace at intervals (6) 2 Tale’s concocted for

inventor Nikola (5) 3 Bird with black plumage in

stream initially ignored (4) 4 Live with dotty character in

unusually glum EU state (7) 6 Spanish city associated

with a woman (5) 7 A thing to set off explosive

activity in a saloon? (5,4) 8 Treat suspiciously inspector with swagger about latest of crimes (8) 11 Damaging allegation almost

certain about Lima (4) 14 A series showing southern

English river (4) 15 Prevent fool detaining a

politician over day (5,4) 16 Regular characters in

Bangkok in the past (3) 17 Endless ingrained dirt?

That’s bleak (4) 18 Criticism over clerk removing

jacket, a punctilious sort (8) 20 Stake in job (4) 21 Writer Rose gets to stay

after end of August (7) 22 Go without fuel? (6) 24 Subject matter in article

on Middle East (5) 26 Reveal line on public

school (3,2) 27 Show aggressive behaviour

in projecting piece of land (4)