Across:
1. First noise outside court is striking! (8)
5. Disturbances when wine goes in two seconds! (6)
9. Tiny part of insect swallowed by boy (8)
10. Fastidious journalist is ready (6)
12. Female group goes round one grand DIY site (4)
13. Movement of extra brave leaders getting group to return predator (3 3 4)
15. Start to guzzle with huge gourmet... (13)
19. ...Don’t start to get sailor Tom dancing with skin doctor (13)
23. Wasted question during rude Danes’ turmoil! (10)
25. Fuel supplier partially loses solvency (4)
28. New version of core AI in musical composition (6)
29. A duel breaks out about flyer’s elevation (8)
30. Already working after fair (2 4)
31. Records hold one initially unaltered example of last words (8)
Down:
1. Reject princess’s doctor now! (6)
2. Smooth lake is in bad surroundings (5)
3. Girl’s ill-gotten 11 (4)
4. Break apart Spooner’s sibling’s vehicle (7)
6. Raced – which was difficult without energy! (5)
7. Conniving top man and politician left chemical firm with temporary leader (9)
8. Move like a crab on the pavement? (8)
11. Obtain one drink outside (4)
14. Rescue service goes round home counties in the main (4)
15. Force doctor or Ursula to be chatty (9)
16. Work hard – but no time to find solution! (3)
17. One gets cross about girl! (4)
18. Coming back, Sue gets to party around unknown boat with traveller (8)
20. Cry coming from you in the past in Australia (4)
21. Go beyond and partially discover Lapland (7)
22. Be consistent and firm now (6)
24. Snack has no added calories heaped on starters (5)
26. Chucked some lettuce heads on beast’s back (5)
27. Second bad account (4)
Solution:
DISTINCT=SHOCKS
I=L=N=R===A=O=I
SMIDGEON=PRIMED
O=C=A=W=G=E=P=E
WIKI=EBBANDFLOW
N===A=A=I===I=A
==GASTRONOMICAL
O=A=E==I==A=I=K
DERMATOLOGIST==
Y=R===Y=V=D===C
SQUANDERED=ESSO
S=L=A=Z=R=B=L=H
EROICA=ALTITUDE
U=U=H===A=L=N=R
SOSOON=EPILOGUE
Name: Puzzle 458
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. D [IST (= First)] IN (= noise) CT (= court)
5. S [HOCK (= wine)] S (= two seconds)
9. S [MIDGE (= insect)] ON (= boy)
10. PRIM (= Fastidious) ED (= journalist)
12. W [I (= one) K (= 1000 = grand)] I (= Women's Institute = Female group)
13. E(xtra) B(rave) B AND (= group) FLOW (= WOLF reversed)
15. G(uzzle) ASTRONOMICAL (= huge)
19. D(on't) ERMATOLOGIST (anag get sailor Tom)(anagrind = dancing)
23. S [Q(uestion)] UANDERED (anag rude Danes)(anagrind = turmoil)
25. ESSO - hidden in wordplay
28. EROICA (anag core AI)(anagrind = New version)
29. AL [TIT (= flyer)] UDE (anag A duel)(anagrind = breaks out)
30. SO SO (= fair) ON (= working)
31. EP [I (= one)] LOG (= records) U(naltered) E(xample)
Annos-Down:
1. DIS (= princess's) OWN (anag now)(anagrind = doctor)
2. S [L(ake)] ICK (= bad)
3. INGA (anag GAIN)(anagrind = ill-gotten) (11 = 11 down)
4. CROWBAR (= Bro Car)
6. HAR [E(nergy)] D (= difficult)
7. CO (= Commanding Officer = top man) MP (= politician) L(eft) ICI (= chemical firm) T(emporary)
8. Double Def
11. G [A (= one)] IN (= drink)
14. A [S(outh) E(ast) (= home counties)] A (= Rescue service)
15. G(ravity = Force) ARRULOUS (anag or Ursula)(anagrind = doctor)
16. (-T)OIL
17. MA [I (= One)] D (= cross)
18. OD (= DO reversed) Y(= unknown) SS (= boat) EUS (= SUE reversed)
20. O [YE (= you in the past)] Z (= Australia)
21. OVERLAP - hidden in wordplay
22. CO (= firm) HERE (= now)
24. N(o) A(dded) C(alories) H(eaped) O(n)
26. S(ome) L(ettuce) UNG (= GNU reversed)
27. B (= Second) ILL (= bad)
Defs-Across:
1. striking
5. Disturbances
9. Tiny part
10. ready
12. DIY site
13. Movement
15. gourmet
19. skin doctor
23. Wasted
25. Fuel supplier
28. musical composition
29. elevation
30. Already
31. last words
Defs-Down:
1. Reject
2. Smooth
3. Girl
4. Break apart
6. Raced
7. Conniving
8. Move like a crab
8. pavement
11. Obtain
14. in the main
15. chatty
16. solution
17. girl
18. traveller
20. Cry
21. Go beyond
22. Be consistent
24. Snack
26. Chucked
27. account