1 Show too much interest in spoon bending (5)
6 Stock farm managed with a companion (5)
9 Flighty character with big legs! (7)
10 Correspond to the right sound (5)
11 A cat’s little bits (5)
12 Language of north India (5)
13 Impossible operation? (7)
15 Local abbreviation (3)
17 Bad effect the cane can have on the skin? (4)
18 A polite word appeals to the Oriental (6)
19 Bunter can! (5)
20 Spirit and liveliness of a new priest (6)
22 It’s possibly right for porridge (4)
24 Sea view, we’re told (3)
25 It’s hard to be one of a girl’s best friends (7)
26 Links with China, possibly (5)
27 The beastly character of new Labour, ducks! (5)
28 Quietly rested - that’s the stuff! (5)
29 Maybe Spain for the Spanish, pet (7)
30 Hots up the preliminaries (5)
31 What a revolting fellow he was! (5)
1 Tree (5)
6 Plank (5)
9 Tea urn (7)
10 Choose (5)
11 Rule (5)
12 Grasping tool (5)
13 Hunter (7)
15 Be seated (3)
17 Hire (4)
18 God-like (6)
19 Pale (5)
20 Royal residence (6)
22 Eons (4)
24 Previous day (3)
25 Sportsman (7)
26 Coin side (5)
27 Pry (5)
28 Sensational (5)
29 Reel (7)
30 Achievements (5)
31 Mock (5)
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2 Neither figures as the blue-eyed blonde type (6)
3 Stupid wrestling bouts, sweetheart! (6)
4 Bird in the sky? (3)
5 Repeatedly makes a profit (5)
6 Depend on receiving fresh aid quickly (7)
7 In a feast, ideally, one has wine (4)
8 Accommodation on the American college
grounds (6)
12 Go away and work during a strike (3,2)
13 Horses reserved for the master (5)
14 Shoot a couple of Poles and some pipers (5)
15 Show without the use of mime (5)
16 Something manly to which a poet holds the key (5)
18 Clear the area (5)
19 Are they good at chess? (7)
21 Dignified when drunkenly teased (6)
22 Fishy or rat-like? (6)
23 Stir up something bad with egg on! (6)
25 Name of a Canadian author (5)
26 Expense that’s very big in court (4)
28 When whipped, it’s a dog! (3)
