1 Initially great deficit to smooth over (5)
6 Doubtful strength? (5)
9 Officer apt to be taken in by a murderer (7)
10 You may go ahead and run out of it! (5)
11 Two nil? (5)
12 Quietly stand up and remove by force (5)
13 The noted powers landowners possess (7)
15 Looking embarrassed in a predicament (3)
17 Ah, a sailor and a captain! (4)
18 One of those falling, in effect? (6)
19 Bird needing a bit of chaperoning (5)
20 Hang around and look at it with hesitation (6)
22 Room for a holy man or sinner (4)
24 Lug out of the arena (3)
25 Robbers having wild parties (7)
26 Royal maids, possibly (5)
27 A Bohemian character to see and copy (5)
28 In disrobing, might he preen himself? (5)
29 A case of something legal to do (7)
30 Cold that makes a companion unwell (5)
31 She once bought a newspaper (5)
1 Hut (5)
6 Film award (5)
9 Proof of purchase (7)
10 Wash (5)
11 Creepy (5)
12 Seize without authority (5)
13 Fertiliser (7)
15 Hat (3)
17 Is indebted (4)
18 Amble (6)
19 Hackneyed (5)
20 Vipers (6)
22 Ripped (4)
24 Distress call (3)
25 Furniture item (7)
26 Pillo'w stuffing (5)
27 Celebrations (5)
28 Entire range (5)
29 Found (7)
30 Number (5)
31 Principle (5)
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2 It's wrong to lash out somewhat tardily (6)
3 Six-footer once thought divine (6)
4 He can't quite raise the mast (3)
5 They can brighten our nights (5)
6 Errand to a holy place? (7)
7 Nice change for a soccer star (4)
8 Get tough (6)
12 You could call him Rock (5)
13 It could get the golfer off to a flier! (5)
14 The beast takes a trip (5)
15 Bolt a plate while it's hot (5)
16 Youthful figures (5)
18 She finishes a drink for a Scot (5)
19 Screwy, shall we say? (7)
21 Stupid, endless whirl of fashion (6)
22 Truman, as writer (6)
23 Unit of a U.S. soldier in a Spanish city (6)
25 Poles payout for a bloomer! (5)
26 A factory unpleasant to go through (4)
28 Tearaway type? (3)
2 Dent (6)
3 Muscular pains (6)
4 Knowledge (3)
5 Minimum (5)
6 Work (7)
7 Pace (4)
8 Beast (6)
12 Employers (5)
13 Unconscious states (5)
14 Repairs (5)
15 Punctuation mark (5)
16 Factory (5)
18 Piece of meat (5)
19 Treachery (7)
21 Give (6)
22 Angry speech (6)
23 Continue (6)
25 Rocklike lifeform (5)
26 Type of cabbage (4)
28 Obtain (3)
