CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Big river test of manufacturers (10) 6 Composer right inside panhandle (4) 9 One involved in business line’s harangues (7) 10 Whisky shared by Labour bondsmen (7) 12 Knight’s superior drinking establishment, one time (7) 13 Worker with a needle and pipe (5) 15 Pop musician’s ending captivating lots (5,4) 18 Examine German car factory’s centre (5) 19 Chose second of items in newspaper page (5) 21 Veiled worker’s pager catching sound of alarm (9) 23 New England editor’s requirements (5) 24 New Testament gripped by certain believer filling job? (7) 28 NATO, for one morning, accepting partner (7) 29 Eye specialist is in love cult (7) 30 Almost entice part-time worker (4) 31 Funereal figure’s weirdly dark tenure (10) DOWN 1 Speck found in audio tape (4) 2 Awfully bad rule that can last (7) 3 500 involved in psychic’s annual feast (5) 4 Check about second varnishing agent (5) 5 Referee tossed irate brat (9) 7 Spanish article bent and jostled (7) 8 Playing organ, reset power sources (10) 11 High-end capsule shattered (7) 14 A dialect penetrated by noble finance worker (10) 16 Humour magazine is located by Wisconsin town (7) 17 Public official busted dumb mason (9) 20 Proposition the military’s leader about mine’s contents (7) 22 Couple of pals fool a saint (7) 25 Snare breather taking in oxygen (5) 26 Arctic dweller, one night in Quebec (5) 27 Southern sailor’s guide to navigation (4)