CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Appear more unruly to perplex (8) 5 Corset that passed with tart (6)

9 Avoids slipping in protester ’s child (4-4)

10 Foaming at the mouth when left out of rescue operation (6)

12 In uncertain age, mister moves abroad (9)

13 Deity returned to drama where he was awaited (5)

14 Degenerate English take note to make much of (6)

17 Chaos reinterpreted as fun (5)

20 Weep on shoulder of good mate (5)

21 Old Gaelic guy may overdose on baroque composer (6)

24 Girl to wed announced (5)

25 Fix securely again after tethering comes loose (9)

28 Finishing touch I have given to vegetable (6) 29 Smiley face may strike a cheerful note when very hard at work (8)

30 It’s sad, very sad, to be a lover of cruelty (6)

31 Doesn’t leave bits of wood at vacant bay (6,2)

DOWN

1 Defied _ raised bible at heart (6)

2 Trendy repartee struck (4-2)

3 Intense beam of light shone down with real admission of original sin (5)

4 Transport I turned to with poet (5)

6 Ailing case I left to make up painkiller (9)

7 Father rushed to call during dinner (8)

8 Choose island for making gold alloy (8)

11 Oranges are likely to be taken to Channel port (6)

15 Insect goes off with parts of book (9)

16 For example, be right to serve under King of Wessex (6) 18 Runs about without a care in mobile home from one Sunday to the next (8)

19 Travelled in textile that was rotten (8)

22 Chest I get to unpack for good behaviour (6)

23 Son’s oddly hideous, in a comfortable sort of way (6)

26 Legal wrong securing a fortune on cards (5)

27 Knowledge one caught about inheritance (5)