CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Violent reaction to cat o’ nine tails? (8) 5 Selling price I received on tap (6) 9 For example, turn back tide as let imagination rip (3,5) 10 Go weak over carpet (6) 12 Sale I mean to disrupt on Pacific islands (9) 13 Jungle Book character featured in Lakeland (5) 14 English resort holds Italian capital in credit (6) 17 Avoid Wild West city (5) 20 Trimmed down and doubled up, we hear (5) 21 Not realising the dangers, run away hastily, losing a second (6) 24 Tell off when comic hid elephant in reception (5) 25 Cruel man I break down in figures (9) 28 Animals presented as best possible (6) 29 People who make judgements are Brits in disguise (8) 30 A last prayer in promising series of prayers (6) 31 Tree – the opposite of pine – found in Channel Island (8)

DOWN

1 Large girl trying to secure two husbands (6) 2 So-called fish to sink without head start (6) 3 Lend a service when burdened (5) 4 Breaks over periods of time (5) 6 Prince Consort and Queen flirt (9) 7 Prepare for very Scottish step to be included (3,5) 8 Colour with a hair product in Cornish town (8) 11 Bear pigs in distant argument (6) 15 Aloud, perused missive on this special day (3,6) 16 Its mountains are made up of Munro plus start of Everest (6) 18 Break key at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe? (5,3) 19 Craftsmen set to work by tsarinas (8) 22 Film surface subject to filter (6) 23 Zoom round remains, dressed to kill (6) 26 An increase in love of mushroom (5) 27 River seen by Royal Highness in England (5)