Cryptic Crossword
Across
1 A small drink at one club can be
in play (8)
5 Brought up at the back with a
little boy (6)
9 When he set off on line he was
surprised (8)
10 Branches out, when odds on
to catch some fish (6)
12 Pay no attention, in fact, so
resign, or end it (6)
13 Left the recess to le it fall away
(5)
16 Run out to eat up in the living
world (6)
17 An artist gets involved with
the silver screen (8)
20 Joined up in force (8)
21 On line, was relaxed about
having rented a flat (6)
23 Heading off to sporting occasions creates openings (5) 25 Can't stand getting inside test
match venues (6)
28 Expression of admiration in
the US. It's incredible (6)
29 Press the team to be puritan
(8)
30 Saturated with drink, when
wet through (6)
31 A super day, in the end, turned
up to convince another (8)
Down
1 Move off at speed, using Morse
code (4)
2 Found a method to get off (4)
3 Go out in sari, flying in a light
plane (9)
4 Chest used to store food, say,
in cold conditions (3-3)
6 Once had a little power to get
the Spanish to get rid of it (5) 7 Aspire to reap produce to hold
a review, yet again (10) 8 Girls did show respects, but
some still pay no attention (10) 11 Start to seek help, in the end
(5)
14 Strives to complete attempts
in trials (10)
15 Daring, at last, organising a city famed for its resistance (10)
18 Prayers sung at the end of the
day (9)
19 Trainee finishes up, making
advances (5)
22 Break off with runner inside,
to suffer hunger (6)
24 Second story was past its
best (5)
26 Left one man at a capital city
(4)
27 Was present in the recent
past (4)
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1 Come clean, 9 Unloose, 10 Motivated, 11 Ingrown, 12 Release, 13 Armistice, 14 Penalty, 17 Saddler, 18 Far from it, 23 Tsunami, 24 Platoon, 25 Organ-loft, 26 Fuel rod, 27 Ytterbium. DOWN: 1 Camera, 2 Mettle, 3 Caviar, 4 Entreaty, 5 Nudism, 6 Elegised, 7 Colonial, 8 Reindeer, 14 Puff-puff, 15 Narrated, 16 Larboard, 17 Sit tight, 19 Monody, 20 Runner, 21 Napoli, 22 Dictum.