Across 1 Benign aroma surrounding Spenser's fool (6) 6 American reptile put first - that's a bloomer! (6) 11 Proud Scot with eye adjusted for second sight (12) 12 When was yesterday tomorrow? (3,5) 13 A measure of power, with zero backing, in capital (6) 14 One of Perugia's towns interchanged? (5) 16 Put it astern this way, and the salts come down! (8) 17 Nautical types seen around before noon (6) 18 Held by chains, a dismal perversion (6) 20 Conceal meaning of jest in latter part of day (6) 22 Epitaph as is seen in Bordeaux is the most mellow (6) 24 Singular pruner has little time for a true arrangement (8) 27 Post-war conditions? (5) 28 Being intransigent and shaking Eton scholars' heads - demonstrating partiality (6) 29 Addresses for delivery? (8) 30 Warning, after a junior's apprehending row in treasury (8,4) 31 Leaves some leaflets behind (4,2) 32 Bet it was tied up (6) Down 1 Around ten I had the manuscript, in a manner of speaking (6) 2 Become angry is what some addicts do? (3,3,6) 3 A salt, they say, in essence (5) 4 Remove initial softness - second hand becomes one's own property again (7)

5 Adorn one in the manner of Priestley, by the sound of it (6) 6 Rolls down to the seaside? (6) 7 Horace, not Henry, could make a sheath (5) 8 Attendant combining heart, they say, with rank (8) 9 Envelopes Sue ordered secretly (2,4,6) 10 Younger boring miss confused by old Middle East idiom (6) 15 A large number go to extremes, demanding compensation (8) 19 It's the best ventilation in trampled bestiaries (no BSE observed!) (7) 20 Discovery, so plea is changed (6) 21 Island people giving up work that is crippling (3,3) 22 Artist making live appearance in series (6) 23 Given the chuck, couldn't sleep at night (6) 25 Things that bite, naturally? (5) 26 American lawyer going round a cricket club in Bangladesh (5)