Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Inhabitants set about short

musical work (8)

5 Innocent but sent packing,

reportedly (6)

9 Last words by unionist over

setback in broadcast? (2,6)

10 Once roamed round centre

of Dublin together (2,4)

12 Dish some take every week

for starters (4)

13 Repair cylinder with it in a

roundabout way (10)

15 Affair engulfs current senior

MPS’ dossiers there (6,7)

19 After pressure, a similar fate

derailed leader of house (13)

23 Friend in form John backed during disputed matches (10)

25 Lock university (4)

28 Yearbooks exclude university records (6)

29 Coppers award rare hothouse plant (8)

30 Youth leader lies absurdly

about date and gives in (6)

31 Exquisite foreign tale describes this place (8)

DOWN

1 Makes plea related to hymn (6)

2 Clear parking on drive (5)

3 Victor appears in wrong story,

as it happens (4)

4 A politician avoids mushroom

bun (7)

6 Woman attends church for

this reason (5)

7 Mediterranean resort targets

problem with locks (5,4)

8 Codes in Parisian underground tombs (8)

11 What’s quarried from quartz

in Canada? (4)

14 Obscure incomplete description on jacket (4)

15 Can a chef possibly employ

tin-opener? No way! (3,6)

16 It gleams in odd places (3)

17 Mad hotelier gutted in little

bar at the Oval (4)

18 Renouncing one’s belief in a

job, say, controversially (8)

20 Charitable donations collected during Palm Sunday (4)

21 It turns out this is where

money may be held (2,5)

22 Favourite part cut? It might

include lead (6)

24 Worked without leader, like a

smooth running machine (5)

26 Fit to cover miles in walk (5)

27 Make better salt (4)