CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ties eventually removed by cook? (5,7)
9 Answer contained in
correspondence (7)
10 Part-exchange of French
coach is outside (5-2)
11 Low-down from certain
footballer (abbrev(4)
12 Hardly cooked, which is
unusual (4)
13 Hear important little bird (4)
16 Inelegant, wild, wild rose (9)
18 To be seen holding in fat (5)
19 Space around northern
stadium (5)
21 Bursar’s more confident after
adjusting rate (9)
23 That woman put ring in
foot cover (4)
24 Back inside, get over to ballot (4) 26 Unhinged by shock return (4)
29 On a vehicle, I have got
very rude (7)
30 Sweet but odd bachelors (3,4) 31 Withdraw, exhausted, to a place
of seclusion (4,1,7)
DOWN
1 Flying officer broadcast bad
habit to control (3,4-7)
2 Still in a terrible fluster (7)
3 Gas turbine once exhibited (4)
4 Daughter included in tour round
royal house (5)
5 Step in to reinvent sloppy
English (9)
6 Indian province, left for
destination (4)
7 City gripped by mature culinary
formula (6)
8 Tenant’s despair over drug (14) 14 Where to find H or C readily
available (2,3)
15 Rummage around second
perch (5)
17 Reserved at home, dog enters
races (9)
20 Everyone leaving the second
book? (6)
22 Libertine covers boy with stuffed
food item (7)
25 Fear taking time off is
a mistake (5)
27 Let up a bit, say (4)
28 Stomach’s raised spot of dirt (4)
ACROSS
1 Bicycle fender (8)
5 Birds of the night (4)
9 Entertaining sight (9)
10 Wrath, rage (3)
11 Male sweetheart (4)
13 Extend beyond (7)
16 Canned fish (4)
18 Workers in metal (6)
19 Ghosts, or spies (6)
21 At all times (4)
23 Sitting on (a horse) (7)
25 Covered with grease (4)
27 Major Russian river (3)
28 Cut costs (9)
30 Stink (4)
31 Advancement (8)
DOWN
1 Perfume ingredient (4) 2 Stain (cloth) (3)
3 Falsehood (7)
4 Count, calculate (6)
6 Big eddy! (9)
7 Embarrassed (8)
8 Yield (4) 12 Living (9)
14 Jar for flowers (4)
15 Resident of Skye, eg (8)
17 Pre-owned, second-hand (4) 20 Extend (7)
22 Soft-napped fabric (6)
24 Newspaper article (4)
26 Waters (4)
29 Solidified water (3)