CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 It's worth taking a chance, whichever way one looks at it (7,2,4)

10 Did a colonist pay up, right at the end? (7)

11 Is time organised, in the end, to break things down (7)

12 Left an ancient vessel with a songbird (4)

13 Any doctrine held to be true, could go either way (5)

14 A good boy is pleased as Punch, say (4)

17 Backed up drink left for a little boy (9)

19 Left a short note right at the end, to follow on (5)

20 Knows the proper procedures for sailors, in the main (5)

22 Get a miner to turn up with a seed starting to grow (9)

24 Transmit first series to finish things off (4)

25 To get to act on a platform needs some of the best agents (5)

27 Can try someone after the arrest ... (4)

30 ... and manage to get in to meet up with someone (3,4)

31 I'm sure about second suspect (7)

32 Was a key defender in the middle rather bold? (6-7)

Down

2 Find the wrong type of growth on an offshoot (7)

3 Is in good health, in spite of hard drink (4)

4 May wait to swap new place in a show of strength (5)

5 Thanks to one banker at the back of the field

(4-5)

6 Misled someone about the composition of a German art-song (4)

7 Likes to have some time left when making a long-handled pan (7)

8 Find a final retreat after a long search (2,1,4,6)

9 Offer to try a little boy with a kind nature (6-7)

15 Did Henry get round to have treatment at home? (5)

16 Record over a popular stretch of open country (5)

18 Tense 20 across, singularly, on a difficult middle course (5-4)

21 A writer had a party in Africa, at the end, showing remorse (7)

23 At the end, let air circulate in a workshop (7)

26 Good turns to follow up with passion (5)

28 Small group hidden in the long run it seems (4)

29 The doctor had a week to pull out (4)