1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.
  g   g   g   g   g   g   g  
9.    g 10.      g 11.     
  g   g   g   g   g   g g g  
12.       g 13.     14.   
  g g g   g g g   g   g   g  
15.  16.    17.    g g 18.    
  g   g   g   g   g 19. g   g  
20.     g g 21.         
  g   g 22. g   g g g   g g g  
23.         g 24.   25.   
  g g g   g   g 26. g   g   g  
27.  28.    g 29.      g 30.   
  g   g   g   g   g   g   g  
31.               

ACROSS

1. Portray community as Communist Party? (5,3,4,3)

9,31. Scalp him impromptu (3,3,3,2,3,4)

10. Large, in a particular way (5)

11. Chum's heart follows sad holy man (5)

12. Oddly, I grew a small creature (6)

13. Even oddly true - all final! (8)

15. Belittled after rap insult, they may retreat into their shells (9)

18. Insincere in praising liberty (4)

20. I administered a country (4)

21. Actors with rat, or destroyer of manhood (9)

23. Glue teat ... confused instruction? (8)

24. As mud gets to show (6)

27. Musical, even in tame first halves (5)

29. Perfect concept - legal head (5)

30. On 49!? (3)

31. see 9-Across

DOWN

1. Hippy fetters ... rot about attitude to private ownership (8,2,5)

2. Conclude finer work (5)

3. Deadly cathode, perhaps (8)

4. Great tone around great leader (4)

5. Screens strangely set levies (9)

6. If you're doing this up, you're learning! (6)

7. Staff perch (3)

8. Hyphenated lookalike drove fast (6,9)

14. Dark with sun ... little restriction (5)

16. Tease cook (5)

17. Discretely turned to coining (9)

19. Falls apart with sweet dishes (8)

22. "L.A. Cop" - a mixup from the top (2,4)

25. Packed in and idiotic (5)

26. Crossed wires, messy hems (4)

28. Anger country without land (3)