CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Healthy breakfast, perhaps, to display with a wave (8)

5 One cat gets kicks from quality of petrol (6) 9 Turn pale and inform in passing (8) 10 King executed previously with empty stomach (6)

12 Area of South Africa which is that rainy nothing will grow (6)

13 Devotion that’s proverbially easy and extremely timely (5)

16 Failed to remember to go into building for defence (6)

17 For instance, makes regular visits to gym in castle with initially stimulating frenzy (5,3) 20 More catchpenny needed when your marbles get soaked? (8)

21 Unlucky guy embracing love becomes more relaxed (6)

23 Seen trying to conceal way in (5) 25 Coast I traverse in Caledonia (6) 28 For example, bear up lamina (6)

29 Was alive to getting money with the occupation (8)

30 Is mythical tale afoot? (6) 31 Slides vaguely around north-east with lazy attitude (8)

DOWN

1 and 2 A by-law we possibly disposed of (4,4) 3 Grill, say, about our lack of respect (9) 4 Perceives meanings (6)

6 Sound of bomb landing at bottom of cliff originally (5)

7 A fresh ling turns out to be a different catch (10)

8 Rising with the lark but later stray badly (5,5)

11 Was sick, but fine put to bed (5) 14 Eccentric being removed from gallery display ... (3,3,4) 15 ... it effects closure of artwork featuring odd satire (10)

18 Closest thing to stand-in partner, we hear (9)

19 Organisation for clever males with sex appeal (5)

22 Car part recovered from Dornoch missing terminal (3,3)

24 Long for what you primarily deserve (5) 26 So he went in and out in footwear (4) 27 Dedications to methods being executed (4)