cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Pan mud bath after treatment:

‘There’s nothing in it’ (3-5)

5 Mum is able to return, having

swallowed one nut (6)

9 Traditional boring fashion in

this business? (3,5)

10 Contested peninsula worried America, lacking leadership (6)

12 Squad starts to train enthusiastically in the morning (4)

13 Frank isn’t booked (10)

15 Doctor reads in Bible about church leader — it’s beyond words (13)

19 Idiots march round island in happy state, ignoring worries (5,8)

23 On-screen dances in centre

of studio not cut (10)

25 It’s reflected by group of

male choristers (4)

28 Smitten, I have adopted new

look (2,4)

29 Widely read story involving

long period in Times (8)

30 Make certain you are, as they

say, seen moving about (6)

31 Unfinished speech about

men’s choral work (8)

DOWN

1 Deliberate after scrubbing

food shop’s carpet (6) 2 Follow master’s teaching (5) 3 Cruel person makes dog recoil

a bit (4)

4 News articles I’d sent for

Henry (7)

6 Match in a part of golf course

that’s been cut (5) 7 Writer’s fit to acquire more

than half of movie firm (9) 8 Boat supplier’s name obtained

by creditor (8)

11 Unknown monarch governs

area for all seasons (4)

14 The likelihood eccentrics will

mislay one tie? (4)

15 Triangle I see LSO played when touring small capitals (9)

16 Police once picked up mongrel (3)

17 Oil company circles large

island as seen on radar? (4)

18 Not restrained, Levi suffers a

bit when climbing (8)

20 Very eager but past caring

ultimately (4)

21 Retailer nearly redesigned

workshop (7)

22 Reach rock in space, beginning to orbit (4,2)

24 Not once did Navy turn up to

entertain first lady (5)

26 Daily hires independent

president (5)

27 Kid son boards plane (4)