Complete Clue List
Across
1. Small balls of chewed food or discrete doses of medicine
5. Western European peninsula
9. Type of boat that purposefully sinks itself
10. Ancient African civilisation (a bit bigger than the central point of the matter)
11. Satirical American comic strip featuring an eponymous character who appears Li'l
12. Indigenous Australian
13. Kevin Costner character: John ___ who liked lupine frolicking
15. Engages to be married
19. First and foremost (5,3)
21. Loose clothing items worn in operating theatres
25. Pertaining to the study of plants
27. Short promotional piece promoting some aspect of creative arts
28. Rather big boat used to carry animals belonging to a biblical sailor (omit apostrophe)
29. Fundamental unit within the cranium (5,4)
30. Stretchy material to make tight-fitting clothes (favoured by cyclists)
31. Person presumed to be guilty of a crime
Down
1. Rather large bird (is definitely not illegitimate)
2. Middle Eastern country that has a fondness for cedar trees (well, at least one of them)
3. A series of steps usually internal (but does NOT reach heaven)
4. Iranian city that lends itself to a grape and wine type
5. Household cooling units pre-refrigeration
6. French loan word to English meaning boredom, listlessness
7. Existing as an essential constituent, integral (sometimes attributed to wardrobes, closets)
8. Makes tidy
14. Connecting device for gadget to PC known by its initials (sounds like American second-string team?)
16. Groups of musicians that play heavy pop music (4,5)
17. The centre of a wheel or network or a major airport (but no cap)
18. Orange data storage unit that can survive plane crashes (5,3)
19. Hypomelanistic creatures
20. Large Czech city near Polish border
22. Tiny four-stringed guitar
23. A minor theme with a play or novel
24. Weak sounds from a sheep or goat
26. Face with a smelling organ (If 'hard' becomes realistic but determined; tough-minded)