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Answers and Wordplay Across 1.CATCHER IN THE RYE JDS (J D Salinger) slip (catcher) in the rye (meadow) 9.UPSET Top (up) band (set) 10. ALB Old GB (Albion) minus charge (ion) 11.BADGE Brock (badger) minus right (R) 12.ERR Mistake (error) minus gold (or) – as in “to err is human” 13. BANQUET Encourage noise (ban quiet) minus I 14. VANESSA The red admiral is a butterfly of the genus Vanessa – I didn’t know this before! 15.N.R.A No real Argument initially as in National Rifle Association – a weak attempt to make a minor political point! 17. READING A double definition 19. PROGRAM Support (pro) metric unit (gram) 21.EGO Therefore (ergo) minus right (r) 23. SEA KING A double definition where chopper equates to helicopter 25. LOBSTER An anagram of bolster 27.OAK As in “Heart of oak are our ships” – stirring stuff I sang at primary school! 28.SCORE A double definition 29.BEL Ringer (bell) losing left (l) to give the scientific unit 30.AVERT Notice (advert) minus 500 (D) 31.SADOMASOCHISTIC An anagram of “so is stomach acid” – I confess to a little plagiarism here in “one who may be strapped for cash” but it made me smile originally and still does! Down 1.CRUCIVERBALISTS Vintage (cru) Sark perhaps (CI[Channel Island]) people skilled with words (verbalists) 2.TASMANIA As in the Tasmanian Devil 3.HOTELS Its hot elsewhere with a knowledge of Monopoly required 4.The back (rear) line (range) with a link to the anagram in 31a 5.NABOB Arrest (nab) former pupil (OB[old boy]) 6. HABANERO The chilli named originally from Habana (Havana) a.k.a The Scotch Bonnet – a hat north of the border 7.RADIUM Royal Academy (RA) gives Ra, the symbol for radium 8.ELECTROMAGNETIC Choose (elect) backward men (OR reversed to RO) Pole (magnetic) – according to Wickipaedia the Earth’s magnetic pole is moving away from Canada as we speak 16.APOSTOLIC An anagram of “coal pits” plus “o” (nothing) 18.ISOTHERM An anagram of “short time” minus time (t) 20.REINVEST Curb (rein) grant (vest) 22.ABROAD A(a) river lake (broad) 24.ALKALI A solution, not sharp (i.e. not acidic) having a pH>7 i.e. an alkali – sorry, I used to teach chemistry! 26.REBUS A double definition for Ian Rankin fans