Jumbo crossword No 24

Across

1. Our reputation divided explosive competition (10)
2. Experts framed medium after con clashes (10)
3. Jester's puppet entertains king (5)
4. Lad outlining races running from east to west (12)
5. Topnotch merch oddly missing by supply given at low cost (2,3,5)
6. Shocked about Ethiopia's leader being taunted (6)
7. Run into professor facing large university crowds - risky (11)
8. String from guitar connected on a violin using a bow (4)
9. Walked in last of shift with staff (4)
10. Eddy concerning medical practitioner (7)
11. Waterlogged wood bitten by rat with edges of enormous teeth (7,3)
12. Aforementioned spirit god (5)
13. Garnishes made from fruits covering green shrub essentially (9)
14. Unskilled writer making a comeback gripped by one text's conclusion (5)
15. His eastern crooked blue state (10)
16. Occasionally admits tipped cooks provide humours (7)
17. Gathered flag in mesh (4)
18. Grown blossom delivered by one outbuilding (10)
19. Cracks in rhinestones do bother (5,2,4,4)
20. Perhaps tabs in bars (4)
21. Picked up refreshment, see, since it's rum it's just what I need (4,11)
22. American soldier of mine eats dry biscuit in poor-quality (11)
23. Told stale gag's core part that helps me visualise it (6)
24. Gregory only cared about I? (10)
25. Cultivated all lettuce in salad (12)
26. Chip in my container on the counter (5)
27. Laying out someone's first house with a pipe cracked by John (10)

Down

1. Rocky US area is, for starters, a large land (7)
2. One's roll leaves stifling hot vented cooker at last to go here (9)
3. Call Eric up in office (8)
4. Man's best friend has gone topless after hotel supplied booze (5)
5. Spread a declining initially incurable condition of the mouth (7)
6. Plastic accordions felt tin creating inconsistency (4-13)
7. Vocal nun perhaps is one on the run? (9)
8. Drunken gin essentially kept them generating power (7)
9. Having seconds of crab claw with a side of okra - that's a reason for chocolate (5)
10. Scare off grazing animal devouring bit of turf (5)
11. Stood out - it's understandable (4,2,3)
12. Stable bridge spanning about middle of canal (4)
13. Have faith in a worn Beatles member half-heartedly (4,2)
14. A tip from landscapist - skip over he who is missing pigment (6)
15. Foxiest copper covering scrutiny (6)
16. Very good friends with good ginger drinks (7,7)
17. Fight over following burrow of badger (3-2)
18. Redeployment of two groups of soldiers by government (5)
19. Insatiable man ate duck sandwiches with spread (8)
20. Fixed up golden statue to be sturdy (6)
21. Removing stone out of Reverend's natural crown (6)
22. Financier of animation about YMCA oddly (6)
23. Lace from bed sheet essentially (5)
24. Dog unleashing element of brawny strength (5)
25. Apple's second flower sends up a little spore (4)
26. Gross rage stirs him? (9)
27. Seeing from time to time you snatching it criminally (7,2,5)
28. Two hospital departments introducing drug federation (7)
29. Mother has concerning mental experience (5)
30. Leader turns plan alternatively on its head (5)
31. Authorizes, at intervals, clear bookbags around back of library (5)