Pretty smooth run this week
ACROSS
1 Support given to cut in board game gets opposing current
BACKDRAUGHT BACK + DRAUGHT{S}
10 Commotion – flight has one falling out
STIR ST{A}IR
11 Total individuality about composer”s finale (fast movement)
ALLEGRO ALL + R in EGO
13 Backing assistance to fill infrared quota for cancer treatment?
IRRADIATION (AID)< in IR RATION
14 American science’s source of spores
ASCI A SCI
16 Nuisance with Versace initially avoiding fashion discussion
TRIALOGUE TRIAL {V}OGUE
17 Go live amongst blokes demanding interest in Dublin
GOMBEEN GO + BE in MEN
19 Obscure book getting lecturer’s attention
BLEAR B L EAR
21 Sexual desire involving singular TV presenters
HOTS S in HOTS
22 Drug? One amount of drug market group curtailed
ATABRIN A TAB RIN{G}
23 Programming skill with a culinary output?
APPLE TART APPLET ART
27 Edinburgh bank – RSBs one following bank rate
BRAE BR + AE (Scottish one)
28 Revised entry for rare echinoid in handbook
ENCHIRIDION (R ECHINOID)*
29 Corruption overturned single measures in Italy
ROTOLOS ROT + SOLO<
30 Channel avoided in audio
DUCT homo DUCKED
31 Lodger’s trapping one with his person for an instant
PIG’S WHISPER I in PG HIS PER
DOWN
2 Source of blessing being disputed as we speak
ATISHOO homo AT ISSUE
3 Mostly noisy scene: MPs etc misrepresented as prudent
CIRCUMSPECT CIRCU{S} (MPS ETC)*
4 Several points re disease being treated
DIAERESES (RE DISEASE)*
5 Links to centre? Here’s up-to-date current one
RADII RAD I I
6 Landed clutching container for wine
ALICANT CAN in ALIT
7 Understands twist in tail of old romance
GETS GEST (ST<)
8 Hear about old city in classic tales
TROY O in TRY
9 Worry new people during performance
CONCERNMENT N MEN in CONCERT
10 We’ll give you harsh seafaring? Not far out!
SHANGHAIERS (HARSH SEA{FAR}ING)*
12 Active faction, urging power reforms (that’s good for women)
GINGER GROUP swap W for G (URGINGPOWER)*
15 Egyptian politicianwho’s readable I fancy
ELBARADEI (I READABLE)*
18 Abase oneself and so on, after accommodating a tiff
EAT CROW A in ETC ROW
20 I brought in loan , not against providing support
AIDANCE I in AD{V}ANCE
24 Remains when detective enters? That’s silly
ADISH DI in ASH
25 Loop in yarn? Use needles, work to replace it
KNOP KN{IT} + OP
26 Local to push aside soak speaking drunkenly
SHOG “SOG”
( )* = anagram { } = omit < = reverse homo = homophone