CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Go after funds to take in United (6) 4 Good man joins other ranks backing ruler — it’s touching (8) 9 Producing endless dried fruit (6) 10 Look smaller, though unique (8) 12 Failed Eastern hombre (4) 13 Wood works in church (5) 14 A shade too near the knuckle? (4) 17 Spirited relations (5,7) 20 Frowning with alarm — no time to reveal obvious mistake (7,5) 23 A B C D F or G (4) 24 Change of heart for space traveller (5) 25 Lorry driver (4) 28 Rickshaw operators who run the business? (8) 29 He spoke famously of Circe corrupting love (6) 30 Tries to consume the whole vegetables (8) 31 Pitch a tent on American college grounds (6)

DOWN

1 Showing off, scrapping knight

with maiden and model (8) 2 Gunners parachuting?

Bit of a shower (8) 3 University can upset

this group (4) 5 Crooked attorney sure

to make legal tender? (8,4) 6 Bellows, losing head in rows (4) 7 Reformed ladies show the

highest standards (6) 8 He’s after fuel cuts (6) 11 One will provide care

for a small charge (6-6) 15 Climbing frame —

for ramblers? (5) 16 Column seen in flight (5) 18 Suddenly stop leading?

Time to get your skates on (6-2) 19 Former vicar in holy

surroundings (8) 21 Reduced fare for

buffet users? (6) 22 A sweet’s served up

in layers (6) 26 Lower section of

natural river (4) 27 One’s used to travel

and is in Virginia (4)