ACROSS
1 One close to Sun’s lawyers strands a reporter initially at sea
BARNARDS STAR BAR (STRANDS A R}*
10 Octahedral crystal, a chunk with end broken off
ALUM A LUM[p]
11 High pressure in most of ridge overturned volcanic debris
TEPHRA (HP in ARET[e])<
13 Aerodrome denied falling in pieces, after loosing plane’s tail
LANDING FIELD (D[e]NIED FALLING)*
14 Feeling warm beside fireplace
ATINGLE AT INGLE
15 Organic substance, apparently one almost obsolete
APIOL AP I OL[d]
18 Bullets etc cut down wild sheep
AMMO AMMO[n]
19 Left European country after working with grain vessel
LONGBOAT L GB after ON + OAT
20 Improved tirade though lacking force is unchallengeable
INERRANT [f]INER RANT
22 River is full without storms conclusion
TEES TEE[m]S
24 Wild cricket stroke – grass bent back – duck? Duck
YAHOO HAY< O O
26 Girl having no right attending Greek colony
ELEANOR NO R after ELEA
28 Vehicles are reversing round one other, one in an inn
CARAVANSERAI A VAN in CARS ARE< I
29 Quality in a drama’s primary. Shakespeare’s agreed
ATONED TONE in A D[rama]
30 United in following island’s demigod
LIMU LIM U
31 Vocal problem left many a gossip upset? (I should be right here)
LARYNGOSPASM (L MANY A GOSSIP)* the I is replaced by R
DOWN
1 Like dodgy prophet’s book in style of one with dubious claim about it
BALAAMITICAL B ALA A IT in (CLAIM)*
2 Indian music accepted in acting circles
ALAAPS A in A LAPS
3 Mirror and tureen smashed? Explanation for crash
RUN-TIME ERROR (MIRROR TUREEN)*
4 One’s catty by nature
AKIN A KIN
5 Call staff about a way round city?
RINGROAD RING A in ROD
6 Prophet accepting fine Hebrew texts
SEFER F in SEER
7 How women celebrated reformation of their shampoo
THESMOPHORIA (THEIR SHAMPOO)*
8 Put deposit on quantity of ground, securing bit of land
ARLE L in ARE[a]
9 Isotope, one unusually hot otherwise concealed by Curies’ discovery
RADIOTHORIUM (I (HOT)* OR) in RADIUM
12 Artist showing unnatural craving – a tendency not curtailed
PICABIA French painter PICA BIA[s]
16 Instigator of row, Arab’s in sultanate
OARSMAN ARS in OMAN
17 Pub due to get involved with no part of libel case
INNUENDO INN (DUE NO)*
21 Soldiers tucking into punches and fruit drinks
JORAMS OR in JAMS (double definition)
23 Society still exhibiting a number of sins
SEVEN S EVEN
25 Information? Lawyer cheers
DATA DA TA
27 Venomous creatures go by, keeping head down
ASPS PASS moving P
( )* = anagram [ ] = omitted < = reverse