CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rear burner that may have unintended effect (8) 5 Organised detectives in way that was unsavoury (6) 9 Throw pouched jumper back onto parquet, say (8) 10 A beginner keeps in step at Royal residence (6) 12 A chore the participants work on mutually (4,5) 13 Sally’s head-over-heels for New Testament character (5) 14 Could be at least 40 Sunday centres (6) 17 Chinese divinations not hard but sweetly superficial (5) 20 Open trove when dug up (5) 21 Silent crumpling of flimsy glitter (6) 24 Instrument used by dentist when doctor’s sick (5) 25 Extremely amiable Riviera resort attracts someone with Asperger’s syndrome (4,2,3) 28 Shakespeare part not heartlessly got by heart (6) 29 Communication’ s intended for one of Jupiter’s moons (8) 30 Not very long in the distant future (3,3) 31 Took a turn for the worse when lead spear damaged (8)

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1 Knock about self-service (6) 2 Option to leave out cold – frozen – coated dessert (6) 3 Stagecoach boss with distance to travel ... (5) 4 ... to Wild West station outpost that’s not opened (5) 6 Water supplied by a perishin’ pig! (5,4) 7 Guy gone flat out as sky pilot (8) 8 Equestrian discipline enters fashion era (8) 11 Publicity’s in operation at Barlinnie, for example (6) 15 Animal that walks by itself, it’s said, held up in top condition in region of Spain (9) 16 Spill tear in eye where this is found (6) 18 Fed up, I hear? Say hi without introduction at bawdy house (8) 19 Considerably reduce numbers in treatment I made etc (8) 22 Hiccups cause maps to get mixed up when seized by secret police (6) 23 See how he comes back with brave aura (6) 26 Rushed into church with lifting gear (5) 27 A sail’s arranged to this craig (5)