Daily Mail Cryptic #16614

2021-07-07

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Across

1a

Stupidly volunteer, forsaking new sweetheart (8)

5a

Standing stone figures abandoned by European (6)

9a

Short-lived collectables? He reaches 1000 in record time (8)

10a

Erica maintaining lake's physical condition (6)

12a

Old agricultural worker picked up white horses (4)

13a

Bacterial disease - PhD worked with it, I hear (10)

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15a

How sad can it be to change the opposition's front bench? (6,7)

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19a

Milk supplier's price racket, daring to pursue a grand (7,6)

23a

Grasp two foreign articles last (10)

25a

Now and then folded a jumper (4)

28a

Reptile, one moved to front in Guiana (6)

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29a

No British film director admits married peer (8)

30a

Withdraw control over very quiet youngster (6)

31a

Insult disheartened lady a little (8)

Down

1d

Belief in deity is welcomed by those people (6)

2d

Guide our group alongside that female (5)

3d

Block chimney, applying pressure (4)

4d

I got worried following very short dizzy spell (7)

6d

Note the unusual power (5)

7d

Educated CEO learnt forbearance (9)

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8d

School cereal accompanies unknown mush (8)

11d

Stylish bird snubs Ken (4)

14d

Humorous writer amuses a king to some extent (4)

15d

Traffic controller oddly bemused about priest parking (5,4)

16d

Our group start to bait trap (3)

17d

Handle what Billy may do (4)

18d

EU leaders stand up to suppress very loud outburst (8)

20d

Top off stone entrance (4)

21d

Wagon ruined in middle of hole, mistake in ground (3,4)

22d

PA model accommodates a woman (6)

24d

Raced, say, over the Alps perhaps (5)

26d

Reading about writer's cap (5)

27d

Society journal a big hit (4)

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