1-across – Ultimately penned by innocent child,a letter on papyrus,perhaps? : LAMBDA

5-across – A parting bicycle travelling,getting away from relations : CELIBACY

9-across – Ill-conceived,a plastic boyfriend on film : MISTAKEN

10-across – Partner once put on green top : VERTEX

11-across – Train carriage required with this? : WEDDINGDRESS

13-across – See 2 Down : TEST

14-across – Megastar at sea port : RAMSGATE

17-across – Bounty boarded by a mutineer finally,astern : REARWARD

18-across – Baseball team certainly not heard of in Europe? : NINE

20-across – Villa’s place secured in prize museum piece : ROSETTASTONE

23-across – Vishnu,leader lost in war following attacks,reportedly? : AVATAR

24-across – Prison,where racketeer has time inside : ALCATRAZ

25-across – Sequence logged by gentleman,resubmitted when typed the wrong way? : USERNAME

26-across – A loch,out of which pulled the first old nut : ALMOND

2-down – Critical evaluation,turning of tides indeed? : ACID

3-down – Someone loathing vampire,point driven through heart – might this cover the body? : BATHWATER

4-down – Duck under perfect child in martial art : AIKIDO

5-down – On which it’s cold and bitter after temperature in liquid decreasing? : CENTIGRADESCALE

6-down – Feeling ready for tennis achievement : LOVEGAME

7-down – Drill,tedious thing? : BORER

8-down – Preserving wood,one going in strong,ecofreak? : CREOSOTING

12-down – Monsters had been identified as footballers : WEREWOLVES

15-down – Cat still gripping tail of dog,another cat upset about that : GINGERTOM

16-down – Bugs Bunny’s first song about carrot extremely emotional at first : BACTERIA

19-down – Caught in German town,you’ve been captured! : GOTCHA

21-down – Key tenant initially lost? : ENTER

22-down – Embroidered anecdote? : YARN

1-across – First of the chickens moulting as programmes finishing once : CLOSINGDOWN

9-across – Poor actor’s part as expressed on picnic menu : HAMROLL

10-across – Bottle party? : NOCANDO

11-across – Martin’s followers reform most of unearthly beliefs ultimately : LUTHERANS

12-across – They’re not here,but are in Sussex and Hampshire : DOWNS

13-across – College official – idle,vain,absent now and again : DEAN

14-across – Welsh girl about to be cuddled by cute pedigree pet : PERSIANCAT

16-across – Rude hallo I might produce? : LOUDHAILER

19-across – Regularly – often – tea is cheese : FETA

20-across – Beauty captured by the lens : HELEN

21-across – Trousers,lost at the start,eventually turned up : RETROUSSE

23-across – Tastier dancing from this performer? : ARTISTE

24-across – Duck. On reflection,20! : NOSCORE

25-across – NT character making drop-goals in error : PRODIGALSON

1-down – Finish one’s sentence and heed driving instructor : COMETOAFULLSTOP

2-down – Invigorating air in Gozo? Never! : OZONE

3-down – Sick notes lead to notoriety : ILLFAME

4-down – Band’s origin : GENESIS

5-down – Islander’s love of pastoral life lacks initial attractiveness : ORCADIAN

6-down – Windies won – Kent gets caught out,when the last man is batting : NINEWICKETSDOWN

7-down – Letter to boy questionable help getting Botham as US citizen : PHILADELPHIAN

8-down – It’s deteriorated a lot,sadly wasn’t over here : WORSETHANEVER

15-down – F. Gump actor cuts toe,because of … ? : THANKSTO

17-down – Sharon,say,is PM,losing head : ISRAELI

18-down – Land collapsing into sea : ESTONIA

22-down – Orchids,originally unaltered,an ikebana requirement? : OASIS

1-across – Manage to obtain expert remedy : PROCURE

5-across – Fight to secure wizard : WARLOCK

10-across – The opera for petrolheads? : CARMEN

11-across – Eternity may be represented as wholeness : ENTIRETY

12-across – Gaffer seen in good sort of light : GUV

13-across – Disconcerted in hearing having elevated seat : THRONE

14-across – Charges and unhorses criminal : ONRUSHES

15-across – A lawyer,but not for long? : BRIEF

16-across – Given a certificate with some reservations : QUALIFIED

19-across – Two words of compliance in song,or three such at sea : AYEAYESIR

21-across – Major Shakespeare role,new,to memorise : LEARN

24-across – Small child to eat with family : MUNCHKIN

26-across – Salad plant: I have the last bit first : ENDIVE

27-across – I am moving round train : AIM

28-across – No ordinary lake? : SUPERIOR

29-across – Obvious time for old lament : PLAINT

30-across – She leads a hand-to-mouth existence : DENTIST

31-across – Ivy for one in a soft shoe : CREEPER

2-down – Child hero involved in treachery : REACHER

3-down – More usual answer for these days : COMMONERA

4-down – Park-keeper’s great annoyance following run : RANGER

6-down – Coming in last in spite of everything? : AFTERALL

7-down – Primate leads off responses in services from the front : LORIS

8-down – How Tom sees road safety feature : CATSEYE

9-down – Lenin for one turning in his grave? : REVOLUTIONARY

17-down – Bird fled a fire,flying off : FIELDFARE

18-down – Feeble-sounding stories in magazines : WEEKLIES

20-down – Solvers on underground platform : YOUTUBE

22-down – Receipts are concerning meeting place : REVENUE

23-down – Moderate rage : TEMPER

25-down – Luckily avoid both cold and high temperature : CHEAT

9-across – Go off Geordie TV presenter,old male model : DECOMPOSE

10-across – Because of two performers,start to obfuscate : DUETO

11-across – Following fart,Earth tremors : AFTER

12-across – Rate increase for stall : TEMPORISE

13-across – Man stopping agitated suspect leaving court in ancient city : EPHESUS

14-across – Some welcoming chief’s utter lawlessness : ANARCHY

17-across – Small untruth by rector is more cunning : SLIER

19-across – Individual taking ecstasy : ONE

20-across – Husband visiting market in Hull : SHELL

21-across – Most ale breaks down sugar : MALTOSE

22-across – Sickness resulting from excrement,mostly,around hovel : CHOLERA

24-across – Perhaps rib cracked by a silly prat in royal family : BONAPARTE

26-across – Working at home is boring Harry : DOING

28-across – Different native losing millions : OTHER

29-across – Claimant’s straightforward argument : PLAINTIFF

1-down – Suggestion from middleman oddly ignored : IDEA

2-down – Destroy spirit : SCOTCH

3-down – Showman,one playing Paris and Rome : IMPRESARIO

4-down – Supply of suet for juvenile wannabe? : FOETUS

5-down – Infiltrate a couple’s enthralling exchange at last : PERMEATE

6-down – Revolutionary cut more unusual root vegetable : EDDO

7-down – Average doctor taking nothing on : MEDIOCRE

8-down – Claim written language doesn’t include the letter R : POSE

13-down – Where to find classic content to keep,somehow : EPSOM

15-down – Quickly leaving a relationship to keep some credibility,primarily : ABSCONDING

16-down – Crimean War conference site boosted at city close to Turkey : YALTA

18-down – Musical show Oscar’s promoted in one advance article : IOLANTHE

19-down – I reprove criminal on the way out : OVERRIPE

22-down – Emperor announced what guards should do to escaping woman? : CAESAR

23-down – Draw Forth Bridge’s terminus,OK? : ELICIT

24-down – Jeer King James,perhaps : BOOK

25-down – Pressure on animal sanctuary to provide recreation area : PARK

27-down – Present introduction from Guardian and two shelfmates : GIFT

7-across – Its application could help you get into Oxford? : SHOEHORN

9-across – Understood our son’s bedding smells : ODOURS

10-across – House band feature in saloon : SEAT

11-across – Early on,I go to party with deviant I’d met : INGOODTIME

12-across – Finish,as elements of Marie Curie’s typical description are transposed? : FRENCH

14-across – Warship covered by press : IRONCLAD

15-across – Turning on Paganini number to begin – as motivation for fitness class? : NOPAIN

17-across – Ferraris and Rolls are mostly stolen for joy rides? : FERRIS

20-across – Stayed over in Soho – oddly it’s diabolical : DEVILISH

22-across – Template censor used after identifying code : COOKIE

23-across – Fresh investment in Arsenal meant changes on wing at kick-off : REARMAMENT

24-across – Perhaps Leo Sayer’s trying another rewrite – initially with chorus moving note lower : STAR

25-across – Less important call when 14 : FRINGE

26-across – Supreme influencer leaving a little something out : SVENGALI

1-down – Place to ruminate clue for ‘ewer’? : SHEEPRUN

2-down – See 10 Across : BELT

3-down – See 12 Across : POLISH

4-down – One colour only – second one not included : MONOTONE

5-down – Resort to cornmeal unfortunately : MONTECARLO

6-down – Peninsula of Palermo – if rock climbing regularly : CRIMEA

8-down – See 15 Across : NOGAIN

13-down – Family group putting down first part of table setting? : NAPKINRING

16-down – Cambridge university worried boring papers will be copied : IMITATED

18-down – Appropriate clubs potentially qualified : SUITABLE

19-down – See 17 Across : WHEELS

21-down – Appear upset about King supporting Eastern Arabic rulers : EMEERS

22-down – See 22 Across : CUTTER

24-down – See 24 Across : SIGN