Literature No. 1 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Literature) 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. Fillers knocked up for second helpings (7)
5. Egyptian bloom: destiny of the States (5)
8. Castle's eastern strong point (5)
10. Vase stuck in the mug — a source of great heat (7)
11. Blow up when hesitation is put out (5)
13. Refusal over a point — what a beak! (4)
14. The long story, in short (8)
16. Tree cut short in the mist (4)
17. Utterly without life (4)
18. Regularly pursues a purpose (3)
19. Desire held back in the grumbling (4)
21. Female deer swallowing a second measure of medicine (4)
22. Pay, and take heed of a small point at the bottom (8)
25. Ruse worked out by one taking advantage (4)
26. Aides reshuffled, giving fresh thoughts (5)
28. Grim ape running loose makes a witty remark (7)
29. A line, translated, is foreign (5)
30. Personal transporter, we hear, makes a smooth link (5)
31. Hands over, losing his head, and takes offence (7)

Down

1. Polished, about to be penalised (7)
2. Warning shouted on the fairway, tailing — a sign of things to come (13)
3. Place for the convenience, we hear (4)
4. Quietly ditching learner, a sentimental sort (5)
5. Learner on Jason's ship — slow movement (5)
6. Garrisons sent scrambling: an offence (13)
7. Detailed requirements for glasses (5)
9. Walk out of a bad trade (5)
12. Doctor's made-up dose is phoney (6)
15. Hardship for the editor was called for (6)
19. Luaus arranged as normal (5)
20. Hesitation over South African cash for the little jobs (7)
22. Charges taking in an old penny for meals (5)
23. Verne, rewritten, shows some cheek (5)
24. Brief turned back the clock (5)
27. They pick things up all over the field (4)

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