ACROSS
1 - A way to divert people? (6) - DETOUR [CD]
4 - Gather fruit that's to be served again (8) - {REAP}{PEAR}
10 - Foot's purpose is not to change tack (5,2) - STAND ON [DD]
11 - Let us cook up small scraps (7) - {TUS(S)LE*}{S} Second 'S' from ? Clue should have been 'Let's us ...'
12 - Pinkish table wine (4) - ROSE [CD]
13 - Illustrates one poetess I'm translating (10) - EP(I)TOMISES*
16 - Great commotions in tea cups? (6) - STORMS [CD]
17 - Tax levied on a mine for collecting filthy water (7) - {CESS}{PIT}
20 - French graduate has gala soft mixture (7) - AMALGAM* (m+ma+gala)
21 - Find company in one churchman or another (6) - {DEA{CO}N}
24 - Strings will have to be pulled for it to be effective (10) - MARIONETTE [CD]
25 - German physicist noted for his work in optics (4) - ABBE [E]
27 - Musical drama for Lawrence to work on (7) - {OPERA}{TE}
29 - What unusual skill comes across (7) - {ATHW*}{ART}
30 - Packed, we hear, to support England openers' appeal (8) - {EN}{TREATY}(pact~packed))
31 - Form of decoration conferred on the French petty officer (6) - {BEAD}{LE}
DOWN
1 - Stride about on the ship when there's trouble (8) - {DISTRE*}{SS}
2 - Across earlier for electrical apparatus (11) - {TRANS}{FORMER}
3 - Open to defeat (4) - UNDO [DD]
5 - Having the right to be given a peerage? (8) - ENTITLED [DD]
6 - Correspondence college tutor who handles lots of mail? (10) - {POST}{MASTER}
7 - Lee gets up to fish (3) - EEL <-
8 - Is held by a support and doesn't fall (6) - {RES{IS}T}
9 - English spin out verbal attack on a contemptible person (5) - SNIP(E)*
14 - Transfers directors at the exchange (11) - {SWITCH}{BOARD}
15 - I tore a male to pieces to effect an improvement (10) - AMELIORATE*
18 - Storey beneath ground floor of building (8) - BASEMENT [E]
19 - Render unstable (8) - UNSETTLE [E]
22 - Take advantage of one male model (6) - {I}{M}{POSE}
23 - Said it's hard to lift? (5) - (~steel){STEAL}
26 - Hose found at bottom of downpipe (4) - SHOE*
28 - Lizard found again (3) - EFT [DD]
1 - A way to divert people? (6) - DETOUR [CD]
4 - Gather fruit that's to be served again (8) - {REAP}{PEAR}
10 - Foot's purpose is not to change tack (5,2) - STAND ON [DD]
11 - Let us cook up small scraps (7) - {TUS(S)LE*}{S} Second 'S' from ? Clue should have been 'Let's us ...'
12 - Pinkish table wine (4) - ROSE [CD]
16 - Great commotions in tea cups? (6) - STORMS [CD]
17 - Tax levied on a mine for collecting filthy water (7) - {CESS}{PIT}
20 - French graduate has gala soft mixture (7) - AMALGAM* (m+ma+gala)
21 - Find company in one churchman or another (6) - {DEA{CO}N}
24 - Strings will have to be pulled for it to be effective (10) - MARIONETTE [CD]
25 - German physicist noted for his work in optics (4) - ABBE [E]
27 - Musical drama for Lawrence to work on (7) - {OPERA}{TE}
29 - What unusual skill comes across (7) - {ATHW*}{ART}
30 - Packed, we hear, to support England openers' appeal (8) - {EN}{TREATY}(pact~packed))
31 - Form of decoration conferred on the French petty officer (6) - {BEAD}{LE}
DOWN
1 - Stride about on the ship when there's trouble (8) - {DISTRE*}{SS}
2 - Across earlier for electrical apparatus (11) - {TRANS}{FORMER}
3 - Open to defeat (4) - UNDO [DD]
5 - Having the right to be given a peerage? (8) - ENTITLED [DD]
6 - Correspondence college tutor who handles lots of mail? (10) - {POST}{MASTER}
7 - Lee gets up to fish (3) - EEL <-
8 - Is held by a support and doesn't fall (6) - {RES{IS}T}
9 - English spin out verbal attack on a contemptible person (5) - SNIP(E)*
14 - Transfers directors at the exchange (11) - {SWITCH}{BOARD}
15 - I tore a male to pieces to effect an improvement (10) - AMELIORATE*
18 - Storey beneath ground floor of building (8) - BASEMENT [E]
19 - Render unstable (8) - UNSETTLE [E]
22 - Take advantage of one male model (6) - {I}{M}{POSE}
23 - Said it's hard to lift? (5) - (~steel){STEAL}
26 - Hose found at bottom of downpipe (4) - SHOE*
28 - Lizard found again (3) - EFT [DD]
No comments day today!
ReplyDeleteDeepak you spoilt the record:))
ReplyDeleteAs usual,pictures add colour,cheer and gyaan to the blog, thank you.
ReplyDeleteExcept for the E clues, which I do not like at all in any cryptic crossword, a far meore decnt offring than what we have had in the last few days
ReplyDeleteAnd pardon my typing. My left hand is a bit stiff.
ReplyDeleteAs usual,pictures add colour,cheer and gyaan to the blog, thank you.
ReplyDeleteTake the first pic.
It adds colour, it will certainly add cheer. Not sure about gyaan!
When the ale is in, the wit is out!
Clue should have been 'Let's us ...'
ReplyDeleteWhy use the apostrophe?
Navneeth,
ReplyDeleteApostrophe came by itself with autocorrect and I didn't notice it, you are right it's not required.