Cryptic Crossword
Across
1 Run into a pleasure-boat flying
the flag, in the main (8)
5 Had a motive to have brought
things about (6)
9 Reached one's destination by
effort (8)
10 Puts some stock away for
future use (6)
12 Visit lions, about to go there
with a musician (9)
13 Searches minutely, using
gardening tools (5)
14 Duo sit out at an artist's work
place (6)
17 Correspond with a Greek
character (5)
20 Was it a mistake to take on
some little terrors? (5)
21 First class cheer up in the
nursery (6)
24 Follow two hands taking one
to court (5) 25 Patch things up, at the end with the right qualifications (9)
28 Bert was getting on with character from north-west France (6)
29 Is playing intensely at some
stage (8)
30 Oppose appearance of an old
relation (6)
31 Looks for faults to put things
right (8)
Down
1 Saver, at last, was forced to do
without food (6)
2 Share out some operations (6) 3 Have an excuse that one was
elsewhere (5)
4 A fragrant resin created from
travel emissions (5)
6 Later on one has to deal with
the consequences (9)
7 Those taking action can't all be
the top goal-scorers (8)
8 A girl's flower could be a
tragedy (8)
11 The process of measuring
vibrations (6)
15 Troops on the Dee have
underwater weapons (9)
16 Settle on a tourist area in the
north-east, we're told (6)
18 Wa about to take on an MP,
one recalled (8)
19 Detailed dramatic character's
very successful (8)
22 See, we're told, can be very
cold in winter (6)
23 Is involved in sword-play (6) 26 Singular characters without the US have a piece of bric-abrac (5)
27 Found a sea-ear, in fact,
formerly (5)