Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Arrange meals out for bosom

pal (8)

5 Garden visitor nibbled tasty

morsel (6)

9 Like Etna, very conical after

eruption (8)

10 Ridicule short first appearance by new king (6)

12 Bananas and other fruits of

the forest (4)

13 Orchestra pull back around start of joyous Handel chorus (10)

15 Landing gear controlled by

bearing (13)

19 Letter-writers redtop rejected

as alleged adulterers (2-11)

23 Very high temperature, not

cool, in crucible? (7,3)

25 Legal infringement upset

extreme left winger (4)

28 Old king twice makes expression of disapproval (3-3)

29 Boatman creates a dreadful

noise in court (8)

30 Guide on boat’s more florid

with one on board (6)

31 Taxman’s mistaken about

Castletown’s first pets (4,4)

DOWN

1 Rugby game level between

schools (6)

2 Dark place to sleep in auberge? (5)

3 Average crew includes amateur (4)

4 Into which things vanish in the

stratosphere? (4,3)

6 Perfect trader’s brief job

description? (5)

7 What Tories have in their DNA,

say? Pants! (4,5)

8 Pay attention to revenue and

euros he’d invested (4,4)

11 Reply to charge implicit in

simple answer (4)

14 Plans exclude a fateful day in

Rome (4)

15 Independent’s not told? (9)

16 Preserve jail (3)

17 Called number in tabloid (4)

18 Sword wound — I’m impressed with it (8)

20 Four ugly odd characters

avoided in wild party (4)

21 I love taking part in play for

display in museum (7)

22 Earl leaves stone figures

standing (6)

24 Popular American sweetheart’s engaged (2,3)

26 Indian dish appears in opera

(Italian) (5)

27 Con horse race at Epsom by

the sound of it (4)