CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 and 5 Be punctual and achieve success before a certain point (6,2,3,3) 9 Girl sick after old injury from Union boss (8) 10 It identifies writer using blood (2-4) 12 Get low hungry dog mixed up with human or bird, for example (3-6) 13 An early one may get going differently from Scrooge (5) 14 Try to save money by using rough material when initially poor (6) 17 Reject incentive to go north (5) 20 Work out in sun on day of celebration (5) 21 Reset points in part of engine (6) 24 Cub leader also known as introducing the Spanish (5) 25 Working party begins to make request for chemical engineer (4,5) 28 Marauding rat is captured _ gets free (6) 29 I hear dangerous animal’s gone round Zimbabwe city (8) 30 Infusion blended in teas (6) 31 Slow to develop hospital section for spinal cases? (8)

DOWN 1 Resources arranged in groups (6) 2 Cause to read “About A Boy” (6) 3 Vital nerve changes conclusion to be imprecise (5) 4 POW camp bringing enemy endlessly back to prisoner (5) 6 Tory sheep flock together like magic (3,6) 7 Recovers, one way or another, from ... (5,3) 8 ... demon booze found in Davy Jones’ locker (3,5) 11 Reform pasted by skilled workers (6) 15 When making from scratch, add a thousand for final disposal (9) 16 Putin’s making a fuss about contributions (6) 18 Snail movie to get Oscar (8) 19 Athlete’s trousers used to be put in laundry (4,4) 22 and 23 Smash vinyl to become the best (5,1,6) 26 One of 24’s charges in South America shows diving technique (5) 27 Drill for gas putting folk at first over instrument of torture (5)