Cryptic crossword

Across

1 Is he less clever than

Dick? (5)

6 Charges that bring

tears? (5)

9 Huge lad, upset, took

things lightly (7) 10 Demand 150, an

excellent figure (5) 11 Those in the leaves of

tangled vines? (5)

12 A number observed to

be about five (5) 13 Various ways to get

money? Nuts! (7) 15 Fade a lot, that is (3) 17 One or many men,

maybe (4)

18 Agatha's maybe robbed of an article, and shocked (6)

19 Fur bundled in

bales (5)

20 Where the plug goes

for a receiver (6) 22 The team I had in the

Kentish area (4) 24 Before leaving

Everest? (3) 25 Nominally the person

to sort out a riot? (7) 26 Space in which to do

wrong to us (5) 27 The mug I sent

broken (5)

28 Was she a saucy

singer? (5) 29 Needing no organ transplant is capital (7)

30 Only one customer's requirement in a series (5)

31 Second choice article

in gold (5)

Down

2 What can be used for

lubricating? (6) 3 Affliction seeming trivial to a blockhead (6)

4 Plant that comes up in

May (3)

5 Gapes at an unlucky goal conceded by

Les (5)

6 It's taken when Reg, being mad, is out to get even (7) 7 A large stream of

uninvited entrants (4) 8 It can be bad for the

elbow, sport (6)

12 It transpires in waste

disposal (5)

13 When dogs go to earth, it means trouble (5)

14 Because a music

centre can be nice? (5) 15 One holding the boat

up? (5)

16 Three can be useful in

hospital (5)

18 False name as used in

Dakar (5)

19 Marines in studious

assembly (7)

21 His speech may seem

endless! (6)

22 One may be so in

order to listen (6) 23 Can you drink one

twice? (6)

25 A critic of the legal

system? (5)

26 A stable parent? (4) 28 Being low, it obviously

isn't a full moon (3)