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ACROSS

1 Rule’s operating during parade at end of July (8)

5 The church over there needs roofing (6) 9 It’s beaten in March but team spirit comforts Germany (4,4)

10 Organised workers accept satisfactory agreement (6)

12 Big vessel used in brewery (4) 13 Athlete getting severe reprimand? (4,6) 15 Tampering with computers, they may create jam (7,6)

19 Badminton 13s possibly envy date there (5-3,5)

23 Radio Hull broadcast with energy using this amplifier? (4-6)

25 Uncertain moment after judge leaves (4) 28 Popular business with this compiler makes profits (6)

29 People put a pole up (8)

30 Last of poppy fields not starting to produce crops (6)

31 Note supporter with arm tangled in cable (8)

DOWN

1 Rock adherent might broadcast (6) 2 Jog’s good with nothing on (5) 3 Bad-mannered daughter seen in Paris street (4)

4 Who’d reported one Ulster escapee? (7) 6 Back posh person in India (5)

7 Early flyer, one in bed following big game (4,5)

8 Diana’s old German lock? (8) 11 Former politician’s hot, wrapped in rug (4) 14 In France, writer collects very good funny story (4)

15 Wrongly close up leading pair of criminals in cell (9)

16 Sound from horse heard when refusing? (3)

17 Pound, for example, U.S. author close to chest (4)

18 Render useless? It’s faulty if changed without adult (8)

20 A big shot at the Oval set up alliance (4) 21 Some say I spotted something that spoils the view (7)

22 My clue flummoxed London theatre (6) 24 Damp nasty smell I start to detect (5) 26 Special talent just captivates lecturer (5) 27 Block e.g. the number on the left (4)