CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Some altimeters display one, perhaps? (8) 5 Cutting, one I’d recalled in a cricket club (6) 9 Emphatic type that’s put on in adversity? (4,4) 10 Church worker’s determined to protect cross (6) 12 Lean over catalogue (4) 13 Lack of enthusiasm in lecture can spread (10) 15 Communicating my answer in German (13) 19 Ridiculously tortuous PM once meets castaway (5,8) 23 Lumberjack to court daughter with sailing boat (10) 25 Pudding succeeded in the past (4) 28 One who leaves country before catching plane (6) 29 Stay away from workers on holiday (5,3) 30 Goad pointer (6) 31 Delicate sort of leather covering back of shoe (8)

DOWN

1 Phone old boy during race (6) 2 A sailor with experience sent up mountains (5) 3 Row? It upset females (4) 4 Revolutionary cuts friend — with this? (7) 6 Bust man’s appearing in court (5) 7 Punishment for students in custody (9) 8 Meet colleagues initially on roadside (8) 11 Quietly wipe up result of drinking too quickly? (4) 14 Mischievous bunch of popular children (4) 15 Michael ordered to keep second aromatic plant (9) 16 Replacement boat (3) 17 Avian home originally established in North Street (4) 18 Sturdy dog’s at my German dish (4,4) 20 Promise section of boathouse (4) 21 Rough independent current’s brought in afterwards (7) 22 Happy leaders of young farmers fill most of work unit (6) 24 Marine animals, pink ... (5) 26 ... like this, perhaps, appeared (5) 27 Duke’s in French island, doing nothing (4)