CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Devilishly dapper or sweet (4,4) 5 Raise useless young animal (4,2) 9 Mrs T, lame, crippled with impediments (8) 10 Pasted up by experts (6) 12 Signal Corps formerly used candle-holder (6) 13 Spells of success for posh car (5) 16 Piled exercises into brain (6) 17 Crucifix role gives rise to stage floor hazard (8) 20 Developed regressive foolery pertaining to Hindu philosophy (8) 21 You have no right to put your foot in it and cause trouble (4,2) 23 Party role-playing takes place in Alpine state (5) 25 Calls a halt to Slavic people (6) 28 This is cure, possibly, when needing recuperative holiday (6) 29 Monk and third man arrive with racing pundit (8) 30 Sober middle-aged woman, changing approach, becomes salt of the earth (6) 31 Special kind of leaf sets tooth on edge (8) DOWN 1 and 2 Proposes a route to eats (4,4) 3 Old man, ace doctor, is imminently threatening (9) 4 Quad shapes former scholar with desire, while ... (6) 6 ... cad gets rid of upper third below (5) 7 I hear online payment scan included our office of 14 (5,5) 8 Mail play as an afterthought (10) 11 Profit from education that’s trimmed down round one of the basic subjects (5) 14 Article of tax I’m able to secure for religious centre (3,7) 15 Drawls tune when disturbed by nomadic urge (10) 18 Vigorously tackle depth feature of turnover (5,4) 19 Haul last rickshaw over very small distance (5) 22 Carried back as surplus to requirements (2,4) 24 Use noose to capture girl encountering love (5) 26 and 27 Plan recuperative holiday with facility for reading (4,4)