CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,301

Across

1 Wrestling club that might get you hooked (9,4) 10 Alfresco dancing in opera (4-3) 11 Hide at one time found in California (7) 12 Awkward ones making negative votes (4) 13 Evict wild and smelly cat (5) 14 Game of poker cut swotting (4) 17 Trying to get something from the bank? (7) 18 Highest place in the church (7) 19 Beginning again, we learn afresh (7) 22 Wine created by one artist (7) 24 Kind and good man with a heart of gold (4) 25 School’s head hasn’t the power, being poorly supplied (5) 26 Backs plans for junk mail (4) 29 They count for nothing (7) 30 Itinerant craftsman and ancient poetic character (7) 31 Offer hospitality to all, though a cold thing to do in winter (4,4,5)

Down

2 They’re usually concealed in smoking jackets (7) 3 Quiet place for fun (4) 4 Sporting poet has a grand finish (7) 5 Metal machine operators in America? (7) 6 Island providing some inspiration, ascetically (4) 7 Possibly prove to be superior (7) 8 It’s cheap, and any number can get it apparently (5,3,1,4) 9 They beat transport strikes (6,7) 15 The prospects for wayward wives (5) 16 Prepared to study before end of day (5) 20 Foster child? (7) 21 What a policeman does to a criminal is hair-raising! (5,2) 22 A three-legged race? (7) 23 Threatens to finish in bad spirits (7) 27 Composer drops in for a bit of pork (4) 28 River a group of sailors love (4)