CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Site for wintry sport cut off amid stormy skies (3,5) 5 Old woman accepting a

delay in Spanish city (6) 9 Produce sent without packaging by female, maybe (8) 10 Deeply touch actor Guy

by the sound of it (6) 12 Evidence of corruption

with a work schedule (4) 13 Vicar, a gent, repaired

exhibit at a rally? (7,3) 15 Increase form of liaison to protect new wild mammals (8,5) 19 Conservatives are used to this typical sport I suspect (5,8) 23 Page in front of book getting to reduce gardener’s accessory? (4,6) 25 Mistake with fifty leaving part of a church (4) 28 American engineer

nears stadiums (6) 29 Devise a role in economy for disposal of unwanted items (5-3) 30 Urge hard soldiers to wear extra (6) 31 Extremely shady male with fake orchestral work (8)

DOWN

1 Last of labourers tries to

get cutting instruments (6) 2 Block of metal partly

rusting otherwise (5) 3 Musician Ronnie has

way in the country (4) 4 Foresee leaders in post

revising decree (7) 6 Getting on and coping

without staff (5) 7 Discharge of actor with financial

debts? That’s very bad (9) 8 Many sure to be treated for medical problem (8) 11 Case for needles in hefty unit on and off (4) 14 Dutch unionist gets coat for lady in proper fashion (4) 15 Very thin figure enters swamp in African city (9) 16 Part of flaw, lamentably, in pointed tool (3) 17 Learner has support put down (4) 18 Tankers try to avoid this misfortune in special period (8) 20 Bit once found

among Greeks? (4) 21 Papers supported by English

colleague in a perfect world (7) 22 Guard beginning

to survey field (6) 24 Actor Lionel featuring regularly

in bold broadcast (5) 26 Snap Vietnamese food, starters for these officials (5) 27 Twist in conflict over power (4)