CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Preserve pieces of plants in bits of newspaper (5,8)

10 Write up music from “The Planets” (7) 11 Begin to include opposite views in clan (7) 12 In dream, minister leaves lake (4) 13 In Connery’s hands, dirk finally becomes dagger (5)

14 Appearance when one’s surrounded by fellows (4)

17 Beer’s late _ unfortunate, but can be handled (9)

19 Get fed up with male, run down his worth (5) 20 A scooter paves the way (5)

22 Have a go at clue with assorted list of items (9)

24 Applaud what’s given up by opal cave (4) 25 His razor could be used by officer in charge of photographic equipment (5) 27 Ruler who’s frosty when deposed? (4)

30 Rig door up for Spanish composer (7) 31 Artist in window displaying many colours (7)

32 Where no anagrams can be made at the very start (4,3,4,2)

DOWN

2 Encore makes theatre get to its feet (7) 3 Stay well away from sergeant major’s order, perhaps (4)

4 Feature of sauce (5)

5 Will try out last word at last moment (9) 6 Burly Cornish saint? (4)

7 Girl not as hard-working as tradesman (7) 8 Restive canine transferred to hospital unit (9,4)

9 Well I never throw things at agricultural pests (5,3,5) 15 Minor route more likely to be the opposite (1-4)

16 Small fish stank (5)

18 Scenery for second clergy (4-5)

21 When excited, it reads as less excitable (7) 23 Plucky lady holds pheasants, for example (4-3)

26 Missile fails to take off from small transport vehicle (5)

28 Tree on motorway steady as a rock (4) 29 Untie ribbon revealing rank (4)