Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Deform and reconstruct same

ship (8)

5 Correct quiet man in rodeo?

(6)

9 Arsenal boss has affair with

queen, king admitted (8)

10 Tell trendy group of pupils (6)

12 Left expert to tie up (4)

13 Scarlet pimento managed to

produce saving (10)

15 He decreed cash must be spent making dairy product (7,6)

19 Where bouncer gets questionable justice? (8,5)

23 All citizens drink to welcome

Paul after surgery (10)

25 Commotion in prison (4)

28 Records some plants university rejected (6)

29 Greek character hosts Crete

dancing, and that’s not all (8)

30 Give boost to unruly children

who’ve lost heart (6)

31 Snooty Delilah had moved to

avoid the Spanish (3-2-3)

DOWN

1 Paltry starter in menu I left

with no difficulty (6)

2 French writer raised tree (5)

3 Time cricket side abandoned

prize (4)

4 Profess to interpret ending,

not all of it (7)

6 Manage jump, ignoring odd

features in approach (3-2)

7 Planning ahead for outlet I’d

acquired (9)

8 What’s left after one departs?

Souvenir, perhaps (8)

11 Raise back (4)

14 They neutralise toxins revealed by pulse rates (4)

15 Is old noble able to grasp new

kitchen device? (3-6)

16 A lecturer’s endless trouble

(3)

17 Spoils entrance, by the sound

of it (4)

18 Bypass track for Arctic transport (8)

20 Pledge given during boat

hire (4)

21 Spies arrest informer touring

old country (7)

22 Memorial for former BBC

boss announced (6)

24 Ring up about one garden

tree (5)

26 Walk on strand without

husband (5)

27 Doctor swallows each drink

(4)