Across:
5. The French lad’s tutorial (6)
8. Learn yoga moves without beginning to ride in B-29 (5 3)
9. Bad, bad sign for corporation (7)
10. Gathers hedonists (5)
11. Hope toast is spoilt for manipulator (9)
13. Mob get about Tyneside producing corruption (8)
14. Everyone embraced by Yank is fat! (6)
17. Wife is on the side of US city’s legal profession (3)
19. First offer belongs initially to key-holder (3)
20. Observed after former pupil surrendered (6)
23. Troubled minions have a sleep disorder (8)
26. Innocent tiny lout runs around Gateshead (3 6)
28. Rule as Niger falls apart! (5)
29. Put in order to destroy trees lining back road (7)
30. Unknown opportunist is first in court (8)
31. Two small boys vanished in the heat (6)
Down:
1. Provocation in Morning Star, perhaps (3 3)
2. Physician and monarch are coming together... (7)
3. ...Doctor loses race to get dish (9)
4. Swindle some inside valley (6)
5. Trot bile out in book (8)
6. Drop Bob and Penny outside court (5)
7. Went past and finished Hobbit (8)
12. Small divorcee gets it (3)
15. Obnoxious men get payment after injury (9)
16. Dated nothing initially but single tall European leaders (8)
18. Confessed now to journalist about road races (8)
21. Attack well! (3)
22. Clues found partly behind ice store (7)
24. Young girls get first letters from naïve young men proposing house shares (6)
25. Upsets son with any changes (6)
27. Redhead is involved in present swindle (5)
Solution:
R=D=C=C==LESSON
ENOLAGAY=I=W=V=
D=C=S=N=ABDOMEN
RAKES=Y==R=O=R=
A=I=E=OSTEOPATH
GANGRENE=T===O=
==G=O==X=TALLOW
=O==LAW=FOB==K=
OBEYED=F==H=I==
=S===M=INSOMNIA
NOTGUILTY=R=D=N
=L=R=T==M=REIGN
SERIATE=P=E=C=O
=T=F=E=CHANCERY
MELTED==S=T=S=S
Name: Puzzle 494
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
5. LES (= The French) SON (= lad)
8. ENOLA GAY {anag Lea[-r(ide)]n yoga (anagrind = moves)}
9. ABD (anag bad)(anagrind = Bad) OMEN (= sign)
10. Double Def
11. OSTEOPATH (anag Hope toast)(anagrind = is spoilt)
13. GANG (= Mob) RE (= about) NE (= Tyneside)
14. T [ALL (= Everyone)] OW (= Yank)
17. LA (= US city) W(ife)
19. F(irst) O(ffer) B(elongs)
20. O(ld) B(oy) EYED (= Observed)
23. INSOMNI (anag minions)(anagrind = Troubled) A
26. NOT [G(ates)] UILTY (anag tiny lout)(anagrind = runs)
28. REIGN (anag Niger)(anagrind = falls apart)
29. SER [IA (= A1 reversed)] TE (anag trees)(anagrind = destroy)
30. CHANCER (= opportunist) Y (= unknown)
31. MEL TED (= Two small boys)
Annos-Down:
1. Double Def
2. DOC (= Physician) KING (= monarch)
3. CASSEROLE (anag loses race)(anagrind = Doctor)
4. C [ANY (= some)] ON (= Swindle)
5. LIBRETTO (anag Trot bile)(anagrind = out)
6. S(hilling) (= Bob) WOO (= court) P(enny)
7. OVER (= finished) TOOK (= Hobbit)
12. S(mall) EX (= divorcee)
15. [A(ctual) B(odily) H(arm)] (= injury) [O(ther) R(anks)] (= men) RENT (= payment)
16. O (= nothing) B(ut) SOLE (= single) T(all) E(uropean)
18. AD (= now) MI (= M1 = road) TT (= races) ED (= journalist)
21. Double Def
22. Hidden in wordplay
24. N(aive) Y(oung) M(en) P(roposing) H(ouse) S(hares)
25. ANNOYS (anag son any)(anagrind = changes)
27. G [R(ed)] IFT (= present)
Defs-Across:
5. tutorial
8. B-29
9. corporation
10. Gathers
10. hedonists
11. manipulator
13. corruption
14. fat
17. legal profession
19. key-holder
20. surrendered
23. a sleep disorder
26. Innocent
28. Rule
29. Put in order
30. court
31. vanished in the heat
Defs-Down:
1. Provocation
1. Morning Star, perhaps
2. coming together
3. dish
4. valley
5. book
6. Drop
7. Went past
12. it
15. Obnoxious
16. Dated
18. Confessed
21. Attack
21. well
22. Clues
24. Young girls
25. Upsets
27. swindle