Across:
1. Scholar goes to dryer church (8)
5. Skips searches (6)
9. Sheer scale of more tiny characters going crazy! (8)
10. Grey-brown tree found in old Durham (6)
12. Now bring in good fuel (4)
13. Beginning to rein in anger towards Middle East is pointless (10)
15. Minute kind dog runs around island nation (6 7)
19. Quarrelsome artist returns to stick four in half-open gallery (13)
23. Mention secretary is held after European guy is free (10)
25. Swot starts to build on new examples (4)
28. Before end of June refurb is too 13 (6)
29. Time to bring people together outside and reflect (8)
30. Include Greeks holding qualification (6)
31. Thinks about female donkeys? (8)
Down:
1. Scorer gets around – about to make breakthrough (6)
2. Dress male in footwear... (5)
3. ...Weak material (4)
4. Wild erotic English group! (7)
6. Blusher’s strange urge to acquire ring (5)
7. Run away from mix up after desk is smashed! (9)
8. Second-year mothers work out internal signs (8)
11. Tip up part of tank replica (4)
14. Bob may return in France or another old country (4)
15. Making better gun grip and empty barrels (9)
16. Mark takes adroit regular characters... (3)
17. ...Childlike first character provided backing for new starter (4)
18. When going on holiday switch halves of burden (8)
20. Turn back for drinks (4)
21. Sadly Socrates lost ball to player (7)
22. Do they join up drains? (6)
24. Group’s lawsuit takes time (5)
26. Jewels for band’s comeback hit (5)
27. Sharp taste of basil in toasted egg starters (4)
Solution:
BASILICA=FRISKS
R=M=A=O===O=K=Y
ENORMITY=DUNELM
A=C=E=E=P=G=D=P
COKE=IRRELEVANT
H===S=I=R===D=O
==UNITEDKINGDOM
C=P=A==O==A=L=S
ARGUMENTATIVE==
S=R===I=C=F===S
EMANCIPATE=BONE
L=D=A=S=R=B=P=W
OTIOSE=MEDITATE
A=N=T===S=T=L=R
DEGREE=ASSESSES
Name: Puzzle 480
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. BA (= Scholar) SILICA (= dryer)
5. Double Def
9. ENORMITY (anag more tiny)(anagrind = characters going crazy)
10. DUN (= Grey-brown) ELM (= tree)
12. C [OK (= good)] E (= Now)
13. I [R(ein)] RE (= anger) LEVANT (= Middle East)
15. UNITED KINGDOM (anag Minute kind dog)(anagrind = runs around)
19. AR (= artist reversed) GUM (= stick) (op)EN TAT [IV (= four)] E (= gallery)
23. E(uropean) MAN (= guy) CI [PA (= secretary)] TE (= Mention)
25. B(uild) O(n) N(ew) E(xamples)
28. OTIOS (anag is too)(anagrind = refurb) (Jun)E  13 = 13 across
29. MEDI [T(ime)] ATE (= to bring people together)
30. Hidden in wordplay
31. Double Def
Annos-Down:
1. B [RE (= about)] ACH (= Scorer)
2. S [M(ale)] OCK (= footwear)
3. Double Def
4. COTERI (anag erotic)(anagrind = Wild) E(nglish)
6. R [O(= ring)] UGE (anag urge)(anagrind = strange)
7. SKED (anag desk)(anagrind = is smashed) ADDLE (= mix up)
8. S(econd) Y(ear) M [PT (= work out)] OMS (= mothers)
11. Hidden in wordplay - reversed
14. S(hilling)(= Bob) IAM (= May in France reversed)
15. UPGRADING [(anag gun grip a(n)d](anagrind = barrels)
16. (a)D(r)O(i)T
17. N(ew) A (= first character) IF (= provided)
18. CASELOAD (When going on holiday switch halves = LOAD CASE)
20. NIPS (= spin reversed)
21. ACTRESS [anag S(o)crates](anagrind= Sadly)
22. Double Def
24. CAS [T(ime)] E (= lawsuit)
26. O (= band) PALS (= slap reversed)
27. B(asil) I(n) T(oasted) E(gg)
Defs-Across:
1. church
5. Skips
5. searches
9. Sheer scale
10. old Durham
12. fuel
13. pointless
15. island nation
19. Quarrelsome
23. free
25. Swot
28. 13
29. reflect
30. qualification
31. Thinks about
31. female donkeys?
Defs-Down:
1. make breakthrough
2. Dress
3. Weak
3. material
4. group
6. Blusher
7. Run away
8. signs
11. Tip
14. another old country
15. Making better
16. Mark
17. Childlike
18. burden
20. drinks
21. player
22. Do they join up
22. drains
24. Group
26. Jewels
27. Sharp taste