WH crossword

ACROSS

1 Provides opportunities (9) 9 Club for which well-qualified persons run (6) 10 To those craftily getting around an order it’s pleasant (9) 11 A dunderhead with a fault — intelligence! (6) 12 Kept many obliged to hold on (9) 13 He acts badly, causing hurt (6) 17 A letter written by some United States Senator (3) 19 Practical individual giving soldiers a schedule (7) 20 A creeper to pull up when road-surfacing (7) 21 Having no right to attack the help (3) 23 Sound footwork, that’s plain (6) 27 Far-seeing, though always in the dark (9) 28 Stone table made by poor old men (6) 29 Game calling for some backbone (9) 30 Not in a messy state (6) 31 Running about after midnight in pain (9)

DOWN

2 Tropical plant study must include pollution (6) 3 He’s a bit too smart, is this designer! (6) 4 Put in, but isn’t perhaps used without some hesitation (6) 5 Issues pain-killers (7) 6 Painting wins over head (9) 7 Fletcher, a man of the church (9) 8 People have principles about housing (9) 14 Trips need to be properly organised for the chief executive (9) 15 The flannel of brave ministers! (4-5) 16 Plain over-weight ninny (9) 17 Fed-up Greek character (3) 18 Depressed — with some point these days (3) 22 Fast and flash (7) 24 Twist a guy after a court order (6) 26 Popular company, even though not in very good shape (6) 26 She’ll give one information about the doctor (6)