Cryptic crossword
Across
1 Put up with being a
candidate? (5)
6 When drunk, it's different to get close (5)
9 What 'L' may be for (no, not learner) (7)
10 One drawn to be after a bride? (5)
11 A mug for pub use in New York (5)
12 He was wicked at kissing (5)
13 Peelers employed on the railway? (7)
15 Favourite piano piece with a quiet ending (3)
17 Learn something sound (4)
18 Elapse in a way that will be satisfactory (6)
19 A strapping bit of leg? (5)
20 Goes in for bookkeeping? (6)
22 An expert from start to finish (4)
24 Impatient utterance from a backward chap (3)
25 Gardening books? (7)
26 Garment lost? You bet! (5)
27 Left a piece of land for cotton (5)
28 When the annualised percentage rate is one pound? (5)
29 Only apt to annoy a minority? (7)
30 Persists in breeding pekes (5)
31 That of a jungle king? (5)
Down
2 A creature mocked? (6)
3 Twist pounds out of Orville, possibly (6)
4 New end of Millwall (3)
5 River tours arranged (5)
6 Several fit to be held on to (7)
7 She's apt to open up in the dark (4)
8 Possible sources of creaks – or neighs? (6)
12 Astronomer's trousers? (5)
13 She's on record as ovine (5)
14 It's dirty and heartbreaking (5)
15 It's eaten farther away than central Streatham (5)
16 Charges terrible rates (5)
18 Aspidistra on the snooker table? (5)
19 Old soldiers' ability to reach a person's heart (7)
21 Name I have as an indigenous inhabitant (6)
22 So loveless and superior, but nice at night (6)
23 Friendly, ideal arrangement about money (6)
25 A flower sprang up (5)
26 A mistake in the field (4)
28 A politician, currently? (3)