1 The greatest way to eat? (5)
6 Glide smoothly yet very noisily in a boat (5)
9 It's on the wing (7)
10 Next to synthetic fur, it's a natural product (5)
11 Runs out, as mother does at teatime! (5)
12 Was slow to get a republican in court (5)
13 Thought highly of, though always in the red (7)
15 Aged figures with plenty of energy (3)
17 Soon admits ignorance of authorship (4)
18 A scale used somewhere on the Continent (6)
19 Roman who, having got in, went out to work at a trade! (5)
20 Finds an unfulfilled desire irritating? (6)
22 Enough beef for eleven? (4)
24 Quite definitely it's said to be cast (3)
25 Spanish sportsman, a cad at heart (7)
26 Like Herb, he has his roots in the soil (5)
27 A wooden one's not for winning (5)
28 Long neglected duty about the first of September (5)
29 At the end of winter, wild cats spread out (7)
30 James, the father of David? (5)
31 Sort of drum for a catchy rhythm? (5)
2 Get tough on difficult points (6)
3 Girl bowled over? (6)
4 Location of tip-up seats? (3)
5 Can it keep one's chest a bit warm in bed? (5)
6 In a silly, sentimental yet absorbing way? (7)
7 It's tied to the idea of speed (4)
8 Favourable figures relating to acid (6)
12 Battery units (5)
13 Frantic weaving of braid (5)
14 There's something gripping about love, say (5)
15 A name I had for being good (5)
16 Something to read (5)
18 Smith's property in the block (5)
19 What a sinner may do with a letter from Penzance (7)
21 Drink it up very quietly, there's some left! (6)
22 Planet starting satisfactorily to rotate (6)
23 Who? (6)
25 Potable paint, possibly? (5)
26 An extra big-hearted employer? (4)
28 Sideshow man? (3)
2 Stature (6)
3 Hypnotic word (6)
4 Newt (3)
5 Finger or toe (5)
6 Extraterrestrial (7)
7 Burden (4)
8 Season (6)
12 Motorcycle (5)
13 Instrument (5)
14 Enlist (5)
15 Buffalo (5)
16 Long-necked birds (5)
18 Shade of brown (5)
19 Tranquillised (7)
21 Proprietors (6)
22 Of the mind (6)
23 Rarely seen (6)
25 Flower (5)
26 Mud (4)
28 Thus (3)
