Detective Fiction No. 2 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Detective Fiction) cryptic puzzle: 35 clues on a 13×13 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

1. Adult cultivated at university (5-2)
5. Matches featuring Germany show ebbs and flows (5)
8. Maori dance for a girl (5)
10. Damsel in distress clutching male gets hammered (7)
11. Hater unleashed on the world (5)
13. Canton trading house has unpaid grand (4)
14. Laugh hurts Poirot's loyal chronicler (8)
16. Some late arrivals rush (4)
17. Every young, eager sleuth initially watches (4)
18. Poorly concealed by civil lawyers (3)
19. Informers going back to the Sun, perhaps (4)
21. African expedition topped and tailed at a distance (4)
22. Sent down and breathed out (8)
25. Weathercock, we hear, is conceited (4)
26. A Hardy heroine returned an advantage (5)
28. Conjuror's skill sounds slender (7)
29. Wear away hesitation before poem (5)
30. Special forces son — why so cheeky? (5)
31. Rebuff from fur seal, flipping (7)

Down

1. Stick on trainer, perhaps, for private eye (7)
2. Expert seniors travelling on Christie's snowbound train (6,7)
3. Mean to approach (4)
4. Ottoman grandee in spa, shampooed (5)
5. Warm tribute (5)
6. Stern doormats revolting! (13)
7. Teams get fish on board ship (5)
9. Fumes as gears slip (5)
12. The endless brook gives a buzz (6)
15. Greek and Caesar, perhaps, tossed together (6)
19. Thrifty type makes small claim (5)
20. Rip a length of cloth for Wexford's creator (7)
22. Relieves ribs, taking time out (5)
23. Long-limbed Peggy trades page for learner (5)
24. Diner with radiator missing its top (5)
27. Small sprite's ego (4)

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