CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Basic labour to take on crucial operation (6,4)

6 Fellowship also gathering friends (4) 10 Dessert consumed by saints is staple vegetables (5)

11 PE hostels arrange to accommodate displaced souls (4,5)

12 It’s right to be surrounded by glow at sacred place (6)

13 Run out with less than single game score (7) 15 Put up to ride as planned (6)

16 He pays attention to one’s note sent in to railway company (8)

19 Finish soft furnishings (8)

21 Breeds fish with small fry on ship (6) 24 Beginning to develop doesn’t apply to using perfume (7)

26 Is able to deny French artillery (6)

28 I melt lard in stew at boring job (9) 29 Credit given to 11, perhaps, for reaching railway junction (5) 30 Over-supply demand for fancy teas (4) 31 Scottish bird relaxed while scan took place around it (7,3)

DOWN

1 Please be quiet about money (4)

2 Rue a thing that was possibly less good (9) 3 Alters kinetic component of bridge (7) 4 Metal worker was first church officer (6) 5 Hold back others before wet weather (8) 7 Edit assent given to original document (5) 8 Recommended cover for bowling green by prolific informer (10)

9 Is England ultimate aim for legendary Irish princess? (6)

14 Musical ornaments darling girl makes record of (5,5)

17 Royal hunting ground went for restoration around south-east (3,6)

18 2 sounds more problematic (8) 20 Things to be done when break-up is seen inside stove (6)

22 God to suffer in grand manner (7) 23 Goes up with balance (6)

25 Mailed about a penny to be laid out (5) 27 Convey explicit message from church office (4)