1 Might it have bought you an animal outright? (5)
6 A lot of workers go to new positions (5)
9 Lovers can share it with cream on (7)
10 It's habitual for us to get older (5)
11 It has its peers (5)
12 Horse with a saintly head? (5)
13 Goes over the faults (7)
15 The amount can upset us a lot (3)
17 Only parts of areas? (4)
18 Norway lobsters in Italy? (6)
19 A girt to cling? (5)
20 Cricketer who'll start with a half of beer (6)
22 In Ireland, a river used by southerners (4)
24 A positive gesture (3)
25 Of London or Manchester, the bigger (7)
26 Smart guys with useless ways (5)
27 A little dash can be a bit amusing (5)
28 Can be a goat (5)
29 Apart from the north, a noble source of cedar? (7)
30 Cedric Hildebrand's youngster (5)
31 Don't argue - change gear, sweetheart! (5)
2 List a resort as irregular (6)
3 Rages wildly about a U-turn? (6)
4 Is it as low as you can get? (3)
5 Tactful omissions by a straw weaver? (5)
6 High-pitched sound from creches (7)
7 What the editor has to pay? (4)
8 Extremely short of space (4,2)
12 Keep on the road! (5)
13 A true friend of the classics (5)
14 Honoured the troop leader during a meal (5)
15 Quick return of trams (5)
16 A sociable drink? (5)
18 Reminders of how one was stupidly crass? (5)
19 Read that there were keys to a new purse (7)
21 Surprisingly, perhaps, it may be French (6)
22 Mitigating something bad in a turbulent age (6)
23 The maudlin Ms Dean? (6)
25 Reach the broken gate where I've left it (3,2)
26 A brilliant rebuttal (4)
28 You wouldn't want one to have a crush on you (3)
ACROSS: 3, Greed 8, Nacre 10, Lever 11, Too 12, Carat 13, Dustman 15, Tepid 18, Tar 19, Merino 21, Berated 22, Leer 23, Cope 24, Parapet 26, Margin 29, Can 31, Elder 32, Berthed 34, Named 35, Row 36, Debut 37, Paper 38, Seedy
DOWN: 1, N-ice-r 2, Pi-rated 4, Lois 5, Wee-VIL 6, Sprat 7, Bosun 9, Pun 12, Pertain 14, Can 16, L-ill-e 17, E-GG on 19, Ca-bare-t 20, S-we-et 21, Cove-t 23, Altered 24, Denise 25, Bar 27, Lisle 28, Vanya 30, Actor 32, The-0 33, Nun
DOWN: 1, Datum 2, Trotter 4, Roan 5, Elated 6, Deter 7, Begin 9, Cos 12, Caravan 14, Mar 16, Pilot 17, Dover 19, Menaced 20, Slime 21, Beard 23, Central 24, Pirate 25, Par 27, Alien 28, Genus 30, Sewer 32, Bend 33, Hop
