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Across
1 Bird on fire? There’s nothing to it! (8) FLAMINGO
5 Mother on modified diet succeeded (4,2) MADE IT
9 Capsize on open vessel (8) OVERTURN
10 Indian uncle having tea after endless conversation (6) CHACHA
12 Tribal of the Nilgiris not fully present (4) TODA
13 Sort out pen with inauspicious result (10) PORTENTOUS
15 Puts out nothing to royal in trance (6) STUPOR
17 Choose from the lecture (5) ELECT
20 Tiny file circulated by peon finally (5) ELFIN
21 Strata in 50 developed years (6) LAYERS
24 Declaration that no one is to return to the fast train (10) EXPRESSION
27 Phobia of extremely stiff appendage (4) FEAR
29 Folly of girl overwhelming girl in extreme comicality (6) IDIOCY
30 Dog boy carrying fabric around leading atelier (8) ALSATIAN
31 Not much kindled before outlet (6) LITTLE
32 Cut short pro leaving counterpart in a whirl (8) TRUNCATE
Down
1 Is buoyant in Florida with grains (6) FLOATS
2 Changes fellows in advertisements (6) AMENDS
3 Nation outside borders allotted very small amount (4) IOTA
4 Dress circle for Australian dustman (5) GARBO
6 Pale when woman appears (5) ASHEN
7 Sen hovers around secret boxes (8) ENCLOSES
8 Passages on characteristics about bridge players (8) TRANSITS
11 Well-set right in the den (6) STURDY
14 Eastern heavyweight in foreign school (4) IOTA
16 Fine-tune a language? (6) POLISH
17 Country causes close to immense anger (4) EIRE
18 Curative for engineer and setter laid up (8) REMEDIAL
19 Article from a book but not in the book (8) OFFPRINT
22 Somehow regain a Canadian town (6) REGINA
23 Draw back from band in the church (6) CRINGE
25 Very good! Fast go away! Outdo! (5) EXCEL
26 Nothing to glare about without a person who gives a flirtatious look (5) OGLER
28 In the clear – never by merit (4) EARN