Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Indian prince has a drink with a

poor actor in retreat (8)

5 Croats unsettled Caribbean

leader (6)

9 Film writer twice eating cereal

product (8)

10 Man from Latvia is behind

firm producing metal (6)

12 Circular movement by bear

heading off (4)

13 Wife ran Dad everywhere?

Yes, everywhere (3,3,4)

15 Fanny’s injured in Oz city on

popular German bike (5-8)

19 Wearing singlet, one got Ian

dressed in study (13)

23 ‘Psycho’, say — ‘Hall of Mirrors’ remade without LA’S input (6,4)

25 Doubtful moment after judge

disappears (4)

28 In operation there’s not a

long time for choice (6)

29 It’s about farmland Niagara

eroded, flanking river (8)

30 Some discredit ordinary man

correcting copy (6)

31 Could it be the piece encasing

carved prows? (8)

DOWN

1 Recall lacking engineers’ support for building (6)

2 Damp unpleasant smell I start

to detest (5)

3 It’s hard to track down group

climbing in Tipperary (4)

4 A jury mistakenly accepts an

early time of year (7)

6 Given permission to be heard

and heard again (5)

7 I dash over into compound —

it’s an age-old custom (9)

8 To prevail, we ought possibly

to retain independence (8)

11 Hot rock in Louisiana and

Virginia (4)

14 Responsibility and where

ours lies? (4)

15 Patriot roams round suburbs

of Verona, finding singer (9)

16 It’s lit up frequently at gigs at

the start (3)

17 Left winger secures match (4)

18 How Ibsen transformed part

of Turkey (8)

20 Report from Northern Ireland upset Foreign Office (4)

21 Old car’s moving briskly (7)

22 Small pen or small seal, say

(6)

24 Three circles separated by

very large moulding (5)

26 Incorrect story appears in

French hand-out (5)

27 Shabby clothes repaired and

given smart fronts (4)