Cryptic crossword

Published on Sunday 21 June 2009 19:22

Monday's puzzle

Across

1 Detailed firm to get one working with group of fireside implements (9,3)

9 Did coal-boat catch swimmer? (7)

10 Refuse to bend down on the way out (6)

11 Was a very small part of the boat omitted? (4)

12 A priest got round Norway, at some stage ... (5)

13 ... like old one in the Bible vigil (4)

16 Support on track for slow-burning hit record (7)

17 Cuts man out of private space (7)

18 Setting down on the level after flight (7)

21 Some may have to bow to chaos (7)

23 A tidy herd of cattle (4)

24 After early breakfast, cross over to study (5)

25 Take over stake in volcanic mass (4)

28 Ignorant girl had some singular goods to sell (7)

29 Playing tennis with little energy can be distressing (7)

30 Part of baptismal present could be a job for the French with old club (7,5)

Down

2 Is it wrong to advance, in effect? (7)

3 The Prime Minister took rigid stance, from the off (4)

4 Prone to take home disorganised character who won't make it (2-5)

5 Experienced guides on stream, we hear, for former schoolmates (3,4)

6 Get rid of bag with some ancient wine m(4)

7 Circuit inside explosive weapon (7)

8 Nick might tend to be rather foolhardy (5,3,4)

9 In lieu, changes over old piece of furniture (6,6)

14 Destroy land with final crop (5)

15 Tell tales, like a devious snake (5)

19 Does a river, once more, flow back along the border? (7)

20 Cause Scots workers, at last, to dress (7)

21 Suffer in the past with bad back, at the end (7)

22 Interpose copper colour before ring (3,4)

26 Is it hard to see associate entering a luminous cloud? (4)

27 Complete closure of station (4)