Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 24/03/15

Tuesday’s puzzle
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ACROSS

1 Part of journey with friend taken within the law (7)

5 Wobble back, half cut – and be given this to go (5)

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11 A certain very cold group of people found surrounding one Pole (3,6,6)

12 May be sown wild when young, as ... (4)

13 ... crop grows at first with wet weather (5)

14 Company changes sides when appearing in movie (4)

17 Alter my overdraft provided internally (6)

18 Flowery accolade from Judy (7)

20 He tears out and gets fired up all over again (7)

22 Frank’s daughter acquires a sort of dog (6)

24 Oil reservoir Americans returned to UK member (4)

25 Leaves sex appeal to boy (5)

26 Dash and thrash (4)

29 Confusion over medical term for break ends rather differently without a vulgar denominator (7,8)

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30 Airborne object that thrusts leading edge through window (5)

31 Made it possible for swap to be a lend (7)

DOWN

2 Recollect a chime recreating eg the action of a battery (15)

3 Blair said to have assumed affectations (4)

4 Official form of worship is something that’s been mired in unspecified complaint (7)

6 Put down phone (4)

7 Formerly being part of a maximally long sentence, it’s unrepeatable (4,2,1,8)

8 Paddy playing sport (5)

9 Putting it on in temporary position (6)

10 Island of sun and sand _ or possible bare mud (7)

15 Six members of special services get permission to travel abroad (5)

16 Remove superfluous part of dried fruit (5)

19 Be in chair holding conceit about opponents (7)

21 Pin down bread as a food (6)

22 Over-arching feeling of being mortified (7)

23 Make amends and be no longer disunited (5)

27 Ladies nowadays lose their head at writing on the wall (4)

28 Blackleg gets cab to go home in (4)

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