Western Morning News (Saturday)

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 The duchess's game (5)

6 Group of 100 in the pool (5)

9 Very particular sort of fuel for the car (7) 10 To a woman, it's wine (5)

11 Wild bears can be dangerous! (5)

12 The game of the flighty set (5) 13 Whereat, possibly, to survive the storm (7) 15 A ballpoint for less than twopence (3) 17 Too much of a good thing? (4) 18 A big-headed wet, but clever (6) 19 Unhappy about some lack of food (5) 20 Works hard for old soldiers (6) 22 Gosh, outside Maidenhead there's a big lake! (4)

24 It's better than a draw (3)

25 Out amid the waving corn, there's a little bread (7) 26 Reprove disorderly clods (5)

27 Could start to stink, this backwater (5) 28 A Titan bound (5) 29 Name a for a European Union caste, possibly (7) 30 Carbon lamp not favoured by motorists (5)

31 Sort of fund you can believe in (5)

Down

2 A nose that will attract attention? (6)

3 To put a cat in the pigs' place is not clever (6) 4 Outwardly saucy remark? (3)

5 Ban being naughtily bared (5)

6 Bird able to transport a sailor to the quarter deck? (7)

7 What a lass sadly said (4) 8 Travelling opera? (6) 12 Artist, for example, in sad disarray (5) 13 Best! (5)

14 Settle for a meagre share, possibly (5) 15 One enters a scheme with an airman (5) 16 Stocking half on, only twisted (5) 18 An inventor with vision (5)

19 Make provision for securities getting pricier (5,2)

21 The peninsula up north? (6) 22 Tailor's vessel? (6) 23 Bog where gold is found in quantity (6) 25 To many, possibly hot stuff (5) 26 Appear to check a figure (4) 28 Do something in play (3)

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