Across:
5. Having taken in animated film, bumped into this animated character (6)
8. Shop gets ideal shipment (8)
9. Go past stupid head of project and provide temporary solution (7)
10. Less common to measure inside of luxury car (5)
11. Disintegrating arty group’s torment! (9)
13. He enacts small measure in favour of Charles returning (8)
14. Forces display of external artwork (6)
17. Fully evens out part of trousers (3)
19. Each salesman returns (3)
20. Concentrate and end about 9 (6)
23. Make ideal moist pie mix (8)
26. Observe flyer carrying laptop back into box (9)
28. Artist goes round island to find condiment (5)
29. Large one carries object about for enthusiast (7)
30. Picture of harbour on river island (8)
31. Diverse leaders of rebel army get tanks and guns! (6)
Down:
1. Strangely feared having no on line irritations (2-4)
2. Refine earth found around part of Morocco (7)
3. Sort of loan gets vessel finished one day earlier (9)
4. Group take new route around Peterhead (6)
5. Moderate friend accepts one nasty person returning (8)
6. Flyer’s address maybe found in bed (5)
7. Tie up cutter backwards outside military’s first test centre (4 4)
12. Rue tumbling into river! (3)
15. Judge upsets supporter with sex appeal at speed (9)
16. Big picture of American development (8)
18. Tending to take in king’s knowledge (8)
21. Fate of ancient husband (3)
22. Very small part of thiamin I maladroitly handled (7)
24. Work out time on unfinished job for power supplier (6)
25. Praises English record label’s comeback around end of April (6)
27. Specific demand (5)
Solution:
A=C=O=T==MUPPET
DELIVERY=I=I=X=
F=A=E=O=STOPGAP
RARER=U==I=I=M=
E=I=D=PURGATORY
ENFORCER=A===O=
==Y=A==E=TATTOO
=C==FLY=PER==M=
FIXATE=L==B=M==
=N===A=OPTIMISE
CELEBRATE=T=N=X
=R=X=N==T=RAITA
FANATIC=R=A=M=L
=M=C=N=PORTRAIT
RAGTAG==L=E=L=S
Name: Puzzle 450
Author: by Steve Townsend
Annos-Across:
5.   M (UPP [= animated film] ET (= bumped into)
8.   DELI (= shop) VERY (= ideal)
9.   STOPGA (anag = GO PAST)(anagrind = stupid) P(roject)
10.  R (ARE [= land measure] R (= Rolls Royce)
11.  PURGATORY (anagrind = Disintegrating)(anag = arty group)
13.  EN (= small measure) FOR (= in favour of) C(harles) ER (= RE turning)
14.  Double DEF
17.  F (-u) L (-l) Y
19.  salesman (= REP) reversed
20.  F (IX [= 9] ATE (= end)
23.  OPTIMISE ( anag = moist pie)(anagrind = mix)
26.  C {E [L(ap)] EB [= BEE reversed]} RATE (= box)
28.  R [ait (= island)] A (= artist)
29.  F [AN (= object) AT (= large) I (= one) C (= circa = about)
30.  PORT (= harbour) R (= river) AIT (= island)
31.  R(ebel) A(rmy) G(et) T(anks) A(nd) G(uns)
Annos-Down:
1.   AD-FREE (anagrind = Strangely)(anag = FEARED)
2.   CLA [RIF (= part of Morocco)] Y (= earth)
3.   OVER (= finished) D (= one day) RAFT (= vessel)
4.   TROU [P(eter)] E (anag = ROUTE)(anagrind = new)
5.   M {I (= one) TIG (= nasty person = GIT reversed)} ATE (= friend)
6.   P [IP (= address maybe)] IT (= bed)
7.   EXA {M(ilitary) ROOM (= moor + axe reversed)
12.  Rue (= anag)(anagrind = tumbling)
15.  ARB (= supporter = BRA reversed) IT (= sex appeal) RATE (= speed)
16.  American (= anag)(anagrind = development)
18.  LEA [R (= Rex = king)] NING (= tending)
21.  Double DEF
22.  telescopic
24.  PE (= work out) T (= time) ROL(e)
25.  E (= English) XA [(Apri)L] TS (= record label = STAX reversed)
27.  Double DEF
Defs-Across:
5. this animated character
8. shipment
9. temporary solution
10. Less common
11. torment
13. He enacts
14. Forces display
14. external artwork
17. part of trousers
19. Each
20. Concentrate
23. Make ideal
26. Observe
28. condiment
29. enthusiast
30. Picture
31. Diverse
Defs-Down:
1. having no on line irritations
2. Refine
3. Sort of loan
4. Group
5. Moderate
6. Flyer
7. test centre
12. river
15. Judge
16. Big picture
18. knowledge
21. Fate
21. ancient husband
22. Very small
24. power supplier
25. Praises
27. Specific
27. demand