Cryptic crossword

Thursday's puzzle...

Across

1 Would a money-lender trust ordinary soldiers? (8)

5 Affected to have one on an even keel (6)

10 At a pound a time, county team carried a burden (9)

11 By day, run a short distance with a money order (5)

12 Engineer with complicated dance showed rhythm (7)

13 Work with the printed media to rule with an hand (7)

14 Vagrant about to get involved in legal misdemeanour (8)

17 Did staff officer win military medal at the last battle (5)

19 Paved area leading people, and traffic, into Oxford (5)

21 Had grounds to transfer over a small amount of money in 23 down (8)

24 At the last minute, went downhill, it transpired (7)

25 Backing away from refuge in recession (7)

27 Steps over in practice, it's said (5)

28 Washes one's suit, right away (6,3)

29 Fixes jam sandwiches for men on board (6)

30 Hauls over the coals Conservative with 18 down (8)

Down

1 Have the opportunity to champion a new church (6)

2 Establish honour in East Germany (5)

3 Keen to be dynamic, in the past or present (7)

4 Was on old precinct full of dangerous gas? (5)

6 Does one draw up complex character? (7)

7 New magazine for senior politician with 23 down staff (9)

8 Indeed, have to try to be disliked (8)

9 Mixed-bag a primary school organised (8)

15 Read out one text, and hand over for trial (9)

16 Popular team runs into those in the know (8)

18 Before drink, at any rate, gets a move on (6,2)

20 Old book with chapter regarded as indecent (7)

22 Having grounds for affairs carries weight (7)

23 Sets forth conditions to rank second, in the US ... (6)

25 ... while runner fails to start with spread in the US (5)

26 May have to consume before having to serve up (5)

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