CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Transfer a player right across the pitch (4,4,2,4)

9 Meanwhile, get one into a popular period in school (7)

10 Collected a little boy to follow a service (7) 11 Have a way of walking on a Greek island (4) 12 Subordinate goes through Sunderland, as 24 down (5)

13 A band has to leave north of the Border (4) 16 Graduate lies about a form of discomfort (7) 17 In the end, find a boy on Derby winner in a distant place (6)

19 Head boy got everyone to return a secret vote (6)

22 Mean to declare for a very long time (7) 25 Elite college featuring in the Cabinet only (4)

26 Some might have wrangled with a different point of view (5)

27 Is inclined to speak in the vernacular, but isn’t able to (4)

30 Come round to equip friend from Paris using Japanese art, on paper (7) 31 Looking daggers at someone. It must be obvious (7)

32 Stay in touch with someone who’s there. It’s not known what it might mean (6,2,2,4)

DOWN

1 Surely Aunt Sally, for example, is a target for ridicule (4,4)

2 Hearing about a prospective employee being checked out (2,5)

3 One way or another one is in pain (4)

4 Did a rector finish with a small car, by the end? (7)

5 Sad end for a dramatic work. In fact, it’s a disaster (7)

6 Cast an eye over second 24 across, when time has passed (4)

7 Girls at leisure might catch an ailment (7) 8 An old saying often crops up in an ad agency (5)

14 It’s said I’ll follow the passage to the altar (5) 15 The stakes are raised in an Indian test series (5)

18 President got one new organisation for military hq (8)

20 Worry a lot that in the past sin returned to Europe (7)

21 Under stress in a state of barely suppressed emotion (7)

22 Everyone, say, got right round with brisk movement (7)

23 Did Gardner getting some staple food grains display greed? (7) 24 Feel depressed when in a subordinate position (5)

28 Bend down in front of adult. It’s a long story (4)

29 Counter, at the end, is open to view (4)