October Puzzles and Solutions

Crossword

Across

• 1 Modernist afro wig styled with violin parts (8,5)
• 10 Kingdom’s men stumbling around in shadow (7)
• 11 Britain and Spain welcome wet weather state (7)
• 12 Flower of Italy in a French covering (4)
• 13 Alters unfinished Piaf song overture (5)
• 14 Prompts potters? (4)
• 17 Change of heart for body’s fate? (7)
• 18 Tank’s not a canister anyway (7)
• 19 Setter’s fruit challenge (7)
• 22 New German travellers have tumour (7)
• 24 Something at the funeral is literally hollow (4)
• 25 Referendum mysteriously reveals false move (5)
• 26 Stallion rolling around in dust (4)
• 29 Regressive atmosphere about Middle Eastern nation state (7)
• 30 Country’s deranged generals killing king (7)
• 31 Sardines panic about Queen of Hearts (8,5)

Down

• 2 Island has gone strangely American due to volcanic activity (7)
• 3 Chew on egg and eat two hearts (4)
• 4 Yanked around about 50 with nothing on (7)
• 5 A charlatan almost entirely got it back in the water (7)
• 6 Rows disheartened Olivia and Rufus (4)
• 7 Utter bliss to go topless for idle hours (7)
• 8 He climbed mountain in ruddy mean elements! (6,7)
• 9 Madiba’s broken lens on shaft gets new lead (6,7)
• 15 Four in Daniel’s bed? (5)
• 16 Is Susan having children? (5)
• 20 Molecule is improperly developed with no right or intellectual property (7)
• 21Room in the auditorium with oddly angled drawing (7)
• 22 Some overemphasise mentally repressive downfall (7)
• 23 Company backing label showing figure (7)
• 27 Shortly coming from an operative (4)
• 28 Opponent’s dreadfully against extracting gas (4)