Across
- 2. She is the cardinal's first virtue (8)
- 3. Paradoxically this scholar's alma mater is private (3,12)
- 6. Blooming prickly? The other way round (7,3,4)
- 9. The old Queen is not amused (7,5)
- 10. Keep the faith, Brother (8)
- 12. Houses an equestrian competition (8)
- 16. Franciscans with dull habits (4,6)
- 17. Joe Cocker said you can leave it (6)
- 18. Sounds like its just one thing after another (5)
- 19. Peri-urban (4,3,7)
- 20. All together now. There's only one...(5,2,5)
- 21. Continued effort and determination (12)
- 23. Longest-standing accomplice (6,4)
- 24. Ironically he's a philosopher (8)
- 27. High noon (8)
- 28. Diarist glances furtively we hear (5)
- 29. When the tone is pleasant (7)
- 30. Fast track (9)
- 31. Ancestral inheritance (8)
Down
- 1. The medic's pasture (2,5)
- 4. This quality is particularly good (5)
- 5. This border spans 96 miles (5,8)
- 7. A single triumvirate (7)
- 8. Denizens of the Shire. Nothing new there (3,15)
- 11. The middle of this sceptred isle (8,6)
- 13. More than two regions here (5,8)
- 14. Cry God for Harry, England and him (2,6)
- 15. Put school teachers in their places (9,7)
- 22. On track to reach this terminus (6)
- 25. Schoolboy who ran off with the ball (4,5)
- 26. He's trawling for a net gain (8)