CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PETER CHAMBERLAIN

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

ACROSS

7 Blows normally expected (10,5)

9 South Island motorist losing first right to be an underwater swimmer (5,5) 10 Drink from two thirds of fruit (6)

11 Firm used force on subordinate (3)

12 Jack within getting wrong mark with Edward who was beset with bad luck (6) 14 Draw out felicitously to some extent (6)

15 Reportedly remained serious (5)

17 Encourage also before Thursday this to be used by reptile breaking out (3,5) 19 Bearing part of train (8) 20 Unwanted delivery of boat, man heard (4,4)

22 Number coming from noisy exit I left out (5-3) 24 Penny to go first and make an appeal (5)

25 Brother, one accepted middle-sized medal (6) 27 How to stand relaxing a rib (2,4)

29 Heir personally included (3) 30 Daniel taken in by favourite was stickler for detail (6) 31 Old Penny below with teacher found stupid person (10)

32 Wrong place (5,2,3,5) DOWN

1 Colourful container having official papers inside (3,3) 2 Honest job applicants? Only sixty per cent (6)

3 Last team member perhaps (8)

4 There is no order when there is one chief in charge (8)

5 GI went mad with pain (6) 6 In which people are not doing anything (10) 7 Choosing scraps? (7,8) 8 Putting the lot in the envelope having no means of escape (7,4,4)

13 I thus have no right (3) 15 Way to undress, but not after comic (5)

16 Dead keen giant-killer (5) 18 Making oneself comfortable in church? (6,1,3)

21 See countryside in Louisiana and France twice initially (8) 22 Lady dislodged a man’s hat (8)

23 Bird, one entering island race (3)

26 European meets unusually high regard (6)

27 Means business (6)

28 From choice it was onomatopoeic (6)