Cryptic crossword

Tuesday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Organizes new formation when rogue's PR misfires (8)

5 Excitedly rouses software operator (1,1,4)

9 Italian-style sideboard is new den craze (8)

10 Tzar's eastern order is not genuine (6)

12 Miss Black, when preceded by original singer, blossoms (6)

13 Northern exclamation made orally, presumably (2,3)

16 Provincial company put show on again (6)

17 Cheapjack farmer's admission when passing sick (8)

20 Legendary lifeboat has rank 'O' when at sea (5,3)

21 Two pints more than once they say, will rock crystal (6)

23 Game that makes a packet with turnover (5)

25 Cherie's original stalls (6)

28 Clergyman's address suggests that Rome is corrupt and poles apart (6)

29 A support is, I've found, causing friction (8)

30 Put in order, it keeled over and fell off the twig (6)

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31 Unable to settle, but when making a new start is lacking in excitement (8)

DOWN

1 Joint on shelf (4)

2 Vulgar expression of surprise heard after f-s (4)

3 Ulsters design may fit cavers too (9)

4 Centre of royal colour replaced by Zulus in current occupation (6)

6 Tear up undergrowth (5)

7 Mirth on board at murders (10)

8 Artist and exotic spy both sleeping through the hullabaloo (10)

11 Nut-brown maiden? (5)

14 According to reports, country has leaning towards another country's composer (5,5)

15 Recklessly daubed when hurried in last (10)

18 Provisional list of players stuck on wall (9)

19 Investigate canvassing for honour (5)

22 Final letter to doctor contains nothing that is like a dead man walking (6)

24 No-fly area, perhaps, found in the stratosphere (5)

26 Longs audibly for greatness (4)

27 Charges for further education we object to (4)

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