CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Leave at the same time. It could be in a horse and carriage (2,8)

6 In the End, the Who operated as a band (4)

10 A fragrant scent can be pleasant, or can make one angry (7)

11 About to perform in front of some soldiers at a nuclear installation (7)

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13 I had a tool cut down a bit, so was in a state

(5)

15 At last hearing about one who can captivate you (6)

17 One animal might go round a flowering tree (8)

19 Find a way in to put in an appearance (8)

21 Divide things into portions, then can wrap them up (6)

24 Needs to get up, having a child to rear (5)

25 Turning up with one who's working on and on (8)

28 Getting things off one's chest can be quite effective (7)

29 To advance lacked force, and took time instead to get high office (7)

30 Heard about a spectacle on location (4)

31 Classify some workers, having little time to make a selection (10)

DOWN

1 Manage to get a firm hold on a travelling bag (4)

2 Come to grips with an opponent, having learned the ropes (7)

3 Get the lowdown, in short, that's about an Arabic spirit (5)

4 Move unsteadily on a seesaw, on balance (6)

5 Had a run over different routes in international transport (8)

7 The wrong sheet can help one to become successful, in the main (7)

8 Any human being can be good-natured (10)

9 Chained up a landed estate in South America, for instance (8)

14 A writer on eastern time weighs things up, and runs through it all again (10)

16 School, say, was cut short before one, in a scholarly community (8)

18 A small firm encourages the use of whips to afflict them (8)

20 It's a short step to allow for one of three of a kind (7)

22 Following in code when about to lend an ear (7)

23 Boss one around in the workplace (6)

26 Is it appropriate to follow in One Direction (5)

27 In the end, a plaything turned up on an island (4)