CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Complicated drama of one feigning indifference ( 4,4,2,3) 10 Get quite close in a road race, at the end of the day ( 2,5) 11 After all, Bible class followed, to be true ( 7) 12 Depart, at some stage, from Essex, it seems ( 4) 13 Did a little boy have leeway to wipe the floor with it? ( 5) 14 Small firm about to take things to heart. It’s essential ( 4) 17 One rare song composed by a coordinator ( 9) 19 Can start to perform again, having a set of beliefs ( 5) 20 Find a new place to make a contribution ( 5) 22 Took a hard line about new wine- producing region ( 9) 24 In return, get together to pack ( 4) 25 Is well- informed about a global conflict, by the end ( 5) 27 Did the chief head off a protest demonstration? ( 4) 30 Sticks closely to one, and remains to the end ( 5,2) 31 Left a well- paid job to become a trainee ( 7) 32 Pete’s clear he’s training a runner at Aintree, for instance ( 13)

DOWN

2 Left with a new head girl from a jetty ( 7) 3 Leaders of youth organisation start to get approval for a Hindu discipline ( 4) 4 A flower growing more quickly with its head cut off ( 5) 5 Talk about a girl’s series of lectures ( 9) 6 Has to be part of the townscape ( 4) 7 Look irritated by an offensive structure ( 7) 8 Have to be error free, and that’s flat ( 4,2,7) 9 Present cars to rent out in English county ( 13) 15 Join forces with a small body of troops, at the end ( 5) 16 Bakery item in the form of a small pyramid ( 5) 18 Wrap up tolls used to test opinion ( 5,4) 21 Writer adopting minister had little time to nip things in the bud ( 7) 23 Settle on a Scottish 28 down, say, on the way back ( 7) 26 Is about to have lecturer in charge of historic objects ( 5) 28 Sometimes one’s left, at the end, in Skye ( 4) 29 Get back a small amount of information ( 4)