Across: 3. Turn into insect? Half-funny story in this! (6) 6,22. Warrior, 25, helping defeat 11's unit, still arranged around style of Britain (7 4) 8. I'm controlled by monarch in this unit (8) 9. American revolutionary with Japanese money... now enmity starts! (8) 10. Escaped by tripping on a rut? (6) 11. He's known for his 12 stand with client, rejecting traditional mantra (6) 12. It helps to shape leather using ground salt (4) 14. Japan is sanctuary protecting auto maker (6) 17. A one-for-one swap for 13? (3) 18. Vampire perhaps let loose to fight (6) 22. see 6 across 24. Moving on, must provide 27s (6) 25. Americans in American city bouncing back "Fine, thank you!" (6) 28. Carefully woo Turks as part of conditioning regime (8) 29. It may be visible from the hills or in canal country (8) 30. Later edition turned Seussier after introduction dropped (7) 31. Mickey perhaps eating second dessert (6) Down: 1. Posts letters at sea, by pigeons ultimately (5) :2. 6:50, and sun coming up around Italian capital city (7) 3. see 23 4. Firm convened for visitor from afar (5) 5. Losing every third of 24, and a part of America (7) 6. Shame to be organised around 11's initial template (6) :7. Fight for resources of the Black Hills with frantic wire: tax our gas! (5 5 3) 12. Canine research centre (3) 13. Craft using thread to make image on leather? (3) 15. Usually discrete vehicle caught in ambush while turning (3) 16. None of the airliners coming back (3) 19. Americans with a music genre with a disrespectful term for a woman (7) 20. Come out from possession of white man at end (7) 21. Begin to hoard lithium, so things can be visible at night (7) 23,3dn. Action in 7, lively 18, brave fight as sworn with a few bunches of fives thrown! (6 3 4) 26. Those sleeping rough avoid hard things with double reeds (5) 27. Crazy one led 25 as wild one got to shore (5) Solution: ===S=V===BECOME| =SITTING=I=O=O=| =C=A=L=REGIMENT| CHEYENNE=H=E=T=| =E=S=I=A=OUTRAN| =M==CUSTER===N=| LAST=S=S=NISSAN| A==A==TIT==U==I| BATTLE=O=S=BULL| =R===MOUNTS==I=| LAKOTA=X=A=H=T=| =P=B=N=WORKOUTS| PANORAMA=L=R=L=| =H=E=T=REISSUE=| MOUSSE===T=E===| Name: 908 - Tax The Gas! Author: by BenDR Annos-Across: 3. COM(edy) in BEE 6,22. GB in *( UNIT STILL ) 8. IM in REGENT 9. CHE + YEN + N(ow) E(nmity) 10. *( ON A RUT ) 11. CUST(om)ER 12. *SALT 14. tel (Japa)N IS SAN(ctuary) 17. T(a->I)T &lit 18. BAT + *LET 24. *( ON MUST ) 25. LA + r(OK) + TA 28. *( WOO TURKS ) 29. OR in PANAMA 30. rev ( (s)EUSSIER ) 31. S in MOUSE Annos-Down: 1. tails - (letter)S (a)T (se)A (b)Y (pigeon)S :2. VI L + ( I in rev( SUN ) ) 4. CO MET 5. MO(u)NT(s) AN(d) A 6. C(uster) in *SHAME :7. *( WIRE TAX OUR GAS ) 12. dd 13. dd 15. rev tel (am)BUS(h) < 16. rev tel (air)LIN(ers) < 19. A RAP A HO 20. tel (whit)E MAN AT E(nd) 21. LI in START 23,3dn. groups of five letters removed from "LI(vely ba)TTLE B(rave f)IGH(t as sw)ORN" 26. (h)OBOES 27. *HORSE = SHORE Defs-Across: 3. Turn into 6,22. Warrior, 25, helping defeat 11 8. unit 9. American 10. Escaped 11. He's known for his 12 stand 12. It helps to shape leather 14. auto maker 17. A one-for-one swap for 13? (3) 18. fight 24. 27s 25. Americans 28. part of conditioning regime 29. It may be visible from the hills 30. Later edition 31. dessert Defs-Down: 1. Posts :2. city 4. visitor from afar 5. part of America 6. template :7. Fight for resources of the Black Hills 12. Canine 12. research centre 13. Craft using thread 13. to make image on leather? 15. Usually discrete vehicle 16. None 19. Americans 20. Come out 21. so things can be visible at night 23,3dn. Action in 7 26. things with double reeds 27. Crazy one led 25