The Hindu Crossword 7007

Across

 1 Faint-hearted commander to draw back when mauled (6)
 4 Agrees with cheat and dispatches incorrect answer (8)
10 Extend general order (7)
11 Given a really amusing touch! (7)
12 Heated argument in the lines (4)
13 Not messing around with an allotted task (10)
16 Affiliated World Association in a knotty situation (6)
17 It suggests a possibility (7)
20 Makeshift arrangement to close the opening (7)
21 Gone round the bend? (6)
24 Sly enthusiast of nude shows (7,3)
25 Hot-headed outpouring (4)
27 Aim with care because Virginia is here (7)
29 When getting less, Oriental Politician has a row! (7)
30 Crooked fellow evade anything in the line of duty (8)
31 Made up for having put the date on wrong (6)

Down

 1 Get rid off being cruel to a degree (5,3)
 2 Beastly tribute to a charming lass! (4,7)
 3 Are one hears to begin with and one sees to finish - strange! (4)
 5 Not a member of the kitchen cabinet! (8)
 6 For the time being an indicator is used (6-4)
 7 A pointless river, love (3)
 8 Collected, Eastern desert fruit (6)
 9 A good man at your friend's wedding is a brute! (5)
14 Giving reasons for the old combat forces of Arafat's country? (11)
15 What the pair design go wrong, feeling dejected (10)
18 Your mother tongue perhaps (8)
19 Fixed up with a partner again? (8)
22 Says words of extreme limit inside the board (6)
23 As desired he'd got outside work (5)
26 Place to discover (4)
28 Kind of bird found in the harem usually (3)

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