The Brain Teaser

No. 8,584

ACROSS

1. Repelled by a blow to the heart (3,3)

5. Annoys the fellow hiding the arms (6)

8. At the bottom of the hill, change gear – that's great (5)

9. It takes only one river at a time! (6)

10. After returning with the bill (6)

11. When put upon, she retires (5)

14. Bearing the conveyance (8)

16. Was wandering myself, getting in the way (6)

18. Will it take the golfer a while to feel at home with it? (6,2,7)

20. Relax and let your hair down? (6)

22. Came round again when brought home (8)

25. Only Capone could have got that car registration number! (5)

27. Giving one's opinion of a fine round (6)

28. What makes it interesting for the climber's dog (6)

29. More than a quarter of the deliveries (5)

30. That strip of road leading to the chocolatebox factory? (6)

31. She's folded the sheet right at last! (6)

DOWN

1. Spread out on the grass (6)

2. Whither one goes so as not to go there! (4)

3. Does the one who gets home first win it? (4-4)

4. What the laundry-worker did because embarrassed? (7,3,5)

5. When you patch up with material, look on (6)

6. Disinclined to have the piece of land on the hilltop (4)

7. Piece of sandy hair? (6)

12. I have foreign money to invest for him (7)

13. They don't roll out of the pub loaded! (7)

15. Colourless and wooden? (5)

17. Even when disheartened, the girl will succeed (5)

19. After a month, again, the movement of the sea will diminish (8)

20. Cheating is not pretty (6)

21. The horseplay, you assume, is about the monster (6)

23. Nonsense! The fish will be rising, my learned friend! (6)

24. Save up and, by mid-May, get a horse (4)

26. Turn the key first for her (4)