Crosswords
ACROSS
1 It's an official at liberty to produce forgery (13) 10 Get better of soldiers in 7dn (7) 11 Operator's FM transmitter originally ignored (7) 12 Directors ignoring Germany game (4) 13 Smoke made by vehicle in which soldier is retreating (5) 14 State getting rid of last premier (4) 17 Radical started regularly meeting spymaster in river (7) 18 Blow up general in error (7) 19 Get better insurance after relapse ends (7) 22 Boat containing Charlie and Sibyl (7) 24 Fish: singer originally with revolutionary 70s band (4) 25 Food recipe found in survey (5) 26 Honour in ancient Rome is a joke (4) 29 Apparent incident involving papers (7) 30 Helping with Oscar speech (7) 31 Cruelty? What about sincerity? (13)
DOWN
2 Draw a vehicle reversing in race (7) 3 Where one may purchase pole dance (4) 4 Veiled female having dubious virtue (7) 5 Scoundrel wears suit in downpour (7) 6 Lebanese city's flag, say (4) 7 Outside broadcast by old writer (4-3) 8 Terrible blues record about old Southern traitor (6-7) 9 Pedestrian using internet on the move (13) 15 Permission for holiday (5) 16 Notice heavy recruit losing heart (5) 20 Old king secures cover in conflict (7) 21 Reading article alternative (7) 22 Dave's partner clothes me in French leather (7) 23 Puts faith in journalist's cutting reviews (7) 27 Approach new parent, scratching head (4) 28 In Genesis, dutiful Adam wore nothing at first (4)