Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | MODULATE | |
Adjust version of Ludo owned by colleague (8) | Anagram of LUDO inside MATE | |
5 | ASCENT | |
Value of a bouquet is way up (6) | A + SCENT | |
10 | DATUM | |
Little bit of information group of workers kept in check (5) | TU (trade union) inside DAM | |
11 | ATTRIBUTE | |
Point at bone in class (9) | AT + (RIB inside TUTE) | |
12 | CAR SEAT | |
A passenger will take this marine on board carrier (3,4) | SEA inside CART | |
13 | BAUXITE | |
Source of aluminium and gold cross held by champ (7) | (AU + X) inside BITE | |
14 | NUDE | |
Shifted dune is totally exposed (4) | Anagram of DUNE | |
16 | RE-EDUCATE | |
School again reacted badly accepting university course’s final (2-7) | (Anagram of REACTED outside U) + E | |
20 | LOWER-CASE | |
Small and large debtor associated with a lawsuit (5-4) | L + OWER + CASE | |
23 | CEDE | |
Give up a highly-ranked competitor in speech (4) | Sounds like SEED | |
25 | ARTISTS | |
Creative people arranged sitar tunes and songs primarily (7) | Anagram of SITAR + T + S | |
26 | PROBING | |
Head of plain clothes section is investigating (7) | P + ROBING | |
28 | PROFESSOR | |
Pupils initially ordered roses for head teacher (9) | P + anagram of ROSES FOR | |
29 | BEGET | |
Father, for example, sat in punt (5) | EG inside BET | |
30 | NESTLE | |
Teens, upset about end of school, cuddle up (6) | Anagram of TEENS outside schoo(L) | |
31 | FRENETIC | |
Mad fellow, one found in centre undergoing treatment (8) | F + (I inside anagram of CENTRE) | |
Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | MEDICINAL | |
Ice man I’d bashed up and left is healing (9) | Anagram of ICE MAN ID + L | |
2 | DETER | |
Discourage elks, say, gathering around close to forest (5) | DEER outside fores(T) | |
3 | LAMBED | |
Young man, catering for huge order, delivered sheep (6) | LAD outside MBE | |
4 | TRAITOR | |
Quality shown by heart of reformed defector? (7) | TRAIT + ref(OR)med | |
6 | STIMULUS | |
Form of litmus, developed by American, is a shot in the arm (8) | Anagram of LITMUS + US | |
7 | ELUCIDATE | |
Explain cryptic clue, one written by partner (9) | Anagram of CLUE + I + DATE | |
8 | THERE | |
That place, the area in the middle (5) | THE + a(RE)a | |
9 | STABLE | |
Small piece of furniture is durable (6) | S + TABLE | |
15 | DOWN TOOLS | |
Strike is excessively long in open upland country (4,5) | (TOO + L) inside DOWNS | |
17 | ENS | |
Printing measures may be condensed partly (3) | condENSed | |
18 | ENERGETIC | |
High-powered Green muddled quote up (9) | Anagram of GREEN + CITE reversed | |
19 | DRY SPELL | |
Unproductive period in yard turned around without a magic formula (3,5) | (YARD reversed minus A) + SPELL | |
21 | ASSIST | |
Pompous fool is last to accept benefit (6) | ASS + IS + T | |
22 | EMPEROR | |
Coinage of Rome sent around by ruler (7) | Anagram of ROME outside PER | |
24 | BOBBIN | |
Old money container about which a yarn is spun (6) | BOB + BIN | |
25 | ASPEN | |
Like to fence in a ski resort in America? (5) | AS + PEN | |
27 | INGOT | |
Piece of precious metal found behind home (5) | GOT behind IN |