Alberich 4

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1 Novel which makes one rue passion (10)
6 "What two letters express perfection" according to 19 (4)
8 Bird-dog loses its head (5)
9 Electric device isn't heavy - but has Bristol University student over a barrel! (9)
14 See 13d (11)
15 Queen who died with her heart lost to love (4)
16 Bias towards Southern gardens (4)
18 Scientist has fun in church (6)
21 Bond sees a scam even in Black Sea port (6)
22 It's small, round and randy (4)
24 Get sent down for one's thousandth misdemeanour (4)
26 Revenge for literati on a binge (11)
27, 31 across Book about the Navy, Bath, and the area therein, by 19 (9,4)
30, 1 down Tale of lionised family which Jane - prude! - got CID mixed up with (5,3,9)
31 See 27 across
32 Gentry abhor "Ben", a lousy novel by 19 (10,5)
1 See 30 across (9)
2 An Arab in debt is mocked (6)
3 Employ Sue in a panic (3)
4 Salty lass (3)
5 Play sounds a bit negative (3)
7 See 32 across (5)
10 Come out, Baby (5)
11 Followed and afflicted by model (6)
12 Eskimo canoes on first motorway to Alaska within the States (6)
13, 14 across Quarters with lesbians in tidy novel by 19 (5,3,11)
17 Corrupt tennis star (9)
19 The pen with the golden gun? (6)
20 Ruler won't overlook Hal if he's in there (6)
21 Cinema comes before a Grecian urn (5)
23 There's nothing in the test-tube - aluminium, that's all (5)
25 When cricketers go back in the closet? (6)
26 Alter plans for theological survey (5)
28 New leader is under the moon, but positive (3)
29 Girl often joined by children (3)
30 Vegetable shares bed with Princess (3)

© David Pritchard 1997