CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 List able members of stormed garrison (8) 5 I hear you outdo top-class return to perfect world (6) 9 Argued that a boy needs to rush around (8) 10 Speechless at home entry in moment (6) 12 Madman deserted extreme socialist fringe (5,4) 13 Open with bowling unit on time (5) 14 Seafood fraud perpetrated by unco’ guid (6) 17 Be responsible for fashionable dog (5) 20 Divided city in Croatia (5) 21 Ribbed about beverages provided by journalist (6) 24 A learner is out on a limb when relating to the law (5) 25 How to bewilder parrot, say, in electrifying stages (9) 28 Nasal intonations are no good to a pair of Scots before initial speech (6) 29 Bearing vehicle anger one swallowed (8) 30 Responsibilities of the french connections (6) 31 Let off the hook with about forty days of education (8)

DOWN

1 Almost not in a state of nudity? (6) 2 Poseidon appears as Doge throws up (3,3) 3 Key tower of academia (5) 4 Vassal to fib when, for example, introduced (5) 6 Marine fossil made into bitter oil (9) 7 Cautious wisdom used to fashion crude pen (8) 8 A fresh flower seen in camera’s opening (8) 11 Hun chewed at tail (6) 15 Give an account of how a cute gal can go crazy about love (9) 16 Drink’s on me, making piece of classical architecture (6) 18 Slide to a messy conclusion, being entirely alone (8) 19 In-your-face diatribe about saltire, for example (8) 22 Virginia’s unable to appear as not the full shilling (6) 23 Heroic tale seen at foot? (6) 26 Holiday with unending foliage (5) 27 Funds unsullied collected over Sunday (5)