ACROSS
1 Feeling thus, one might wish the boat would. (8)
5 This taught Bruce a lesson! (6)
10 Stumble over a sort of oil. (7)
11 Bread is so kneaded, but not so cooked. (7)
12 When nuisances exist, one finds it therein. (5)
13 Dog biscuits. (5, 4)
14 How 5 came. (5)
16 Concerning misgivings for defense. (8)
19 Does your spouse come out of a servants’ gathering? (8)
22 What’s nice about the capital of England? (5)
24 Little science once gotten in the end. (9)
26 How to instruct a pirate. (5)
28 Concerning vulgar gentlemen? (7)
29 A Roman’s idea of Charon. (7)
30 No comforter needed here! (6)
31 Chenille from the attic. (8)
DOWN
1 Have faith in the lunar change. (8)
2 Shattered icons. (5)
3 Is the dictionary-user’s business? (7,2)
4 He’s between a hop and a jump. (7)
6 How some coats are checked. (6)
7 Take out the fire-place ? (9)
8 Reconsider? (6)
9 St. Nicholas came down the chimney with it. (6)
15 How a sharpshooter looks? (9)
17 Flat, for instance? (9)
18 This is sort of a cinch to me. (8)
20 The Federals made such a charge.
21 Is this little fellow from Warsaw? (7)
23 How a chaser should look. (6)
25 Very light animal. (5)
27 Deity finds a Scotch man after an early start. (5)
Frank W. Lewis