Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Paint verbal picture of small

bed in river (8)

5 Disconnect central heating

after change of date (6)

9 Go over about last vehicle? (8)

10 Get protection outdoors by

harnessing wind (6)

12 It’s current in Hamburg and in

Heidelberg (4)

13 Positive tale about a very old

old city (10)

15 Government department’s

unfamiliar position (7,6)

19 Amazingly, ham with wine (rotgut) is whetting appetite (13)

23 Crawling, our son managed

to eat everything fine (2,3,5)

25 Love to take advantage of

river (4)

28 Individual stops crowds, giving lifts (6)

29 Is it absurdly posh eating

mutton for dessert? (8)

30 She fiendishly ensnares

nervous men in trap (6)

31 A veggie managed to control

rare pain (8)

DOWN

1 Hardy county doctor went

down to collect oxygen (6)

2 British writer has picked up

Indian title (5)

3 Study sound of clarinet, for

instance (4)

4 Cereal? Sam arranged to bring

in a bit illegally (7)

6 Slip and panic, losing head (5)

7 Winging it, Balding stuttered

describing one bay (2-7)

8 Coward’s work complaint (3,5)

11 Ladies, say, name U.S. diver

(4)

14 Chief leader abandons demo

(4)

15 A film’s due to be shot showing old social system (9)

16 Obtain euros in fast car (3)

17 Move house secretly — 51 feet

about! (4)

18 Harry Smith loves imported

energy drink (8)

20 Written by unknown writer,

article receives rejection (4)

21 Londoner’s picking up personal adornment (7)

22 Carefully examine SA country’s earth (6)

24 Many defend origin of Ulster

lily (5)

26 Join fifth detachment? (5)

27 Den’s live broadcast (4)