1 Too great a number? (5)
6 Suggests one strikes out the first piece of news (5)
9 Used one’s teeth on the bit in the mouth (7)
10 Break one’s duck with a cut stroke? (5)
11 Scene of siege in two states (5)
12 Too unwell to dress smartly? (5)
13 Bald old eccentric! (7)
15 Cut across the meadow, perhaps (3)
17 Only one in the Lake District? (4)
18 Food; alas, spilt on the road (6)
19 Lighten a dismal end with a song (5)
20 Seriously dirty going round the corner (6)
22 Could be a bit of help for an old wreck! (4)
24 Ian’s own? (3)
25 Seen to turn red when disparaged (7)
26 Be in trouble for changing the topic (3, 2)
27 Might the last one go to your head? (5)
28 Craig shrouded in smoke (5)
29 Possibly clear about it being a performance (7)
30 Chap out of line given a hot time (5)
31 Steer erratically, crashing into trees, in short (5)
1 Play (5)
6 Conceit (5)
9 Shakespeare play (7)
10 Extra (5)
11 Sheep-like (5)
12 Ski-slope (5)
13 Held (7)
15 Moist (3)
17 Serpents (4)
18 Lust (6)
19 Detested (5)
20 Keyless (6)
22 Vegetables (4)
24 Can (3)
25 Anger (7)
26 Gestures (5)
27 Greek dish (5)
28 Sedate (5)
29 Tent support (3, 4)
30 Thing of value (5)
31 Weapon-bearing (5)
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2 Fall back in unprecedented fashion (6)
3 Writer who, in some extremes, uses a crib (6)
4 But of a smasher, that girl? (3)
5 Drive one politician to the heart of hell! (5)
6 Breaking away, he’d make progress (7)
7 Lazily but less than stupidly (4)
8 One beaten up twice in tests? (3-3)
12 A silly spelling, on the quiet? (5)
13 Finish of a love game, perhaps? (5)
14 Run away (5)
15 Lordly home, possibly Roman (5)
16 Cleaned up a letter in wide distribution (5)
18 One extremely good at shifting a stain? (5)
19 Granted one has $50 due (7)
21 One of the mob (6)
22 If you were to do this to me, I’d feel shaken! (6)
23 Race venue Mansell could almost have designed? (6)
25 Don’t stand out when there’s a strike (3-2)
26 You may choose to note the vehicle here (4)
28 Sly woman wither own kind of walk? (3)
2 Drives back (6)
3 Swamp (6)
4 Devoured (3)
5 Disgusting (5)
6 Schemed (7)
7 Wander (4)
8 Peril (6)
12 Flower part (5)
13 Unit of gem weight (5)
14 Pinafore (5)
15 Broaden (5)
16 Anxious (5)
18 College heads (5)
19 Fish (7)
21 Felines (6)
22 Annoy (6)
23 Hope (6)
25 Sluggish (5)
26 Wise man (4)
28 Resort (3)
