Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

3. Collaborative and performed musically, perhaps (9)

8. All about mother and that beast from Peru (5) 9. There’s a new agent employed for this joker (3)

11. It appears as not expected at the club I see (6) 12. He needs a lot of patience, we hear (6) 15. Either lean out or dash out (4)

18. They’re as German as can be when it comes to taking charge (8)

19. Initially Public Relations accepts these occurrences and stops others taking place (8) 20. Worn around the waist by some sailors ashore (4) 24. Left to teach in a ski hut (6)

27. The outcome is a kind of lustre (6) 28. Pleased to see a meadow there? (3) 30. Most ladies look for that which is perfect (5)

31. Quietly happy with a couple of changes with 3. Across? (9)

DOWN

1. Leap in somehow to find a mountainous type (6)

2. Father disturbs a god in an Eastern temple (6)

3. There’s little room for it onboard (5) 4. How I won today (3) 5. Therefore we must see Her Majesty depart (4)

6. Contacted for its diplomacy (4)

7. Read about how expensive it has become (4)

10. Said no to such a handsome fellow? (6)

13. They’re for the birds, maybe (5)

14. You leave the rogues because they’re big and so cruel (5) 16. Found in a cellar chatting about a tree (5)

17. Point to a sort of love of a new kind (5)

18. I’m in tune but not for long (6)

21. Currently you need fellows with keen insight (6)

22. Just one hostel is equivalent to a number of inns (6) 23. Almost to be pitied for the lukewarm welcome (5)

24. Some chickens look quite stylish (4)

25. That’s a mean way to finish a prayer! (4) 26. Otherwise Lee’s put out by it (4)

29. Our Pat is very fitting (3) Solution in next month’s issue.