CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vow by priest repairing a bicycle (8) 5 Stupid amount in Chinese dish (3,3) 9 Old American stands in for one in family very well (8) 10 Aristo with everything makes extra at Lord’s (2,4) 12 Voice interrupting loyal toast (4) 13 Place stone in such a way that it’s like a pearl? (10) 15 Steer a medic dowses, limiting a farmer’s nightmare? (3,3,7) 19 Polite man in US designed such a coat? (8,5) 23 Features correct matches (10) 25 Friend carries one bucket (4) 28 One that shines at Sandhurst to step back (6) 29 Swimmer beginning to paddle entering ground (8) 30 Hold up basket (6) 31 How to get a word in? Brandish wedge, say (8)

DOWN

1 Container is hiding behind loose garment (6) 2 Border check (5) 3 Obscure rock group, ... (4) 4 ... parting company, plays awful WI song (7) 6 Well-known people panic on stage to a certain extent (5) 7 Duplicate extra role (5,4) 8 Beastly driver split elm tree rounding sharp bend (8) 11 College boy gets dressed (4) 14 Upcoming house doctor inspires poems (4) 15 Big tomb – a museum built to house souls, ignoring the odds (9) 16 Korean piece came out on top (3) 17 Attack when leaving Genoa, for instance (4) 18 Dispose of some Parisian plot (8) 20 Expletive coming from boathouse (4) 21 Simulate pressure on mind (7) 22 Ignores ammunition for training (6) 24 Avoid English channel when heading north (5) 26 Leading male’s first letter in Greek (5) 27 Release without charge (4)