CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Met retreating locusts, for example, in storms (8) 5 Pressure on 9 to become 33rd of that ilk (6) 9 Charge round team that’s living (8) 10 Fish and French dog (6) 12 Wake our sea in storm (6) 13 State registered nurse that is spaced-out seducer (5) 16 Fix provisional illumination (6) 17 AOL odder – more peculiar – than land of golden dreams (8) 20 Where golf shot finishes and starts, it’s said, with beverage (5,3) 21 Entrance to the French Black Forest, perhaps (6) 23 Customs that are increasingly square (5) 25 Uh! Gone to pot – that’s all we need! (6) 28 Change of leader to unsex news agency founder (6) 29 Warm fork Spooner prepared for agricultural labour (4,4) 30 Whirled round when Edward passed (6) 31 26 found under cab, mashed (4,4)

DOWN

1 Confused Conservative is hopeful beginner (4) 2 Command to dogs in wet snow (4) 3 Finish alternative projection, we hear, for natural painkiller (9) 4 One tug ruins language (6) 6 Wanders with sheep around circle (5) 7 Abused but sadly mastered it (10) 8 Outsider sees unacceptable emergency operations facility in America (3,3,2,2) 11 Shetland island’s cries (5) 14 Where Australian animal may be in 16 (2,1,3,4) 15 Hand-out about origin of God presented in retreat (4,6) 18 Go with a manner designed for Irish protestant (9) 19 Article of belief that can be taken either way (5) 22 Get a nod to hold back gift (6) 24 Hide when influenced by sound (5) 26 You French, getting round Old French with Chinese protein food (4) 27 Lose traction when top seed takes on youngster (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION