Prize crossword No 30,020

1 down. Filter air – not at home. 6 letters and 3 letters. 2 down. Fail to warm up sufficiently before start of game – one’s likely to lose. 8 letters. 3 down. Before artist put on the canvas new religious work. 5 letters. 4 down. Feel sad? Come in. 5 letters and 4 letters.

5 down. Beating from punch, getting cut before sound of the bell. 6 letters. 6 down. Rugby Union club having straight rugby posts? 5 letters. 7 down. Perhaps copper maintains good power – it might retain output from battery for consumer. 6 letters. 8 down. Pretty certain con is set-up – sucker not Yankee.

4-2 letters. 14 down. Not initially bad weather for swimming in spring? 9 letters. 16 down. Romeo during passion done in a flash. 9 letters. 17 down. Ocean vessel docked for a major route. 8 letters. 18 down. Biblical figure formed from rib inspiring epistle. 6 letters.

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