Solutions to THC # 8910

Across

1 Told to destroy conservative church residence (7) RECTORY

5 Muse found in aura floating (6) URANIA

11 It burns with renown around the end of April (5) FLAME

12 Taking off with an imitative ruler (9) MIMICKING

13 Deviation can be rare but odd (9) ABERRANCE

14 Peevish cry for a drink reportedly (5) WHINE

15 Bet lost by ruminant in an easy, swinging stride (4) LOPE

17 Removed a hindrance in action (7) DELETED

21 Clean GI becomes divine (7) ANGELIC

22 Man, for instance, in an insular area (4) ISLE (?)

26 Volume of rubbish lying around, say (5) LITRE

27 Initially under instruction, glories in becoming devout (9) RELIGIOUS

29 White stone misused to blast area (9) ALABASTER

30 Varied route to get a hit on target (5) OUTER

31 A team made up one by one (6) ELEVEN

32 A negative amount of force that can relieve pain (7) ANODYNE

Down

2 Remove those words before accepting a direction (5) ERASE

3 Principles destroyed her toy (6) THEORY

4 Jog the memory taking a little time, being embarrassed about it (6) REMIND

6 Growth that could shake little daughter (8) ROCKWEED

7 Being curious about one shows clamorousness (9) NOISINESS

8 One waiting for a catch (6) ANGLER

9 A fine story that is friendly (7) AFFABLE

10 Obstructed by a little devil before awful deed (7) IMPEDED

16 Tune up act, somehow and add marks to writing (9) PUNCTUATE

18 Adore tea, never blended (8) VENERATE

19 Salt used in a reportedly dark time ceremony (7) NITRATE

20 Begin chatting, to make certain of getting strong disapproval (7) CENSURE

23 Transposition in 25 leads to senility (3,3) OLD AGE

24 Early astronaut's insecticide (6) ALDRIN

25 Ancient transposition in 23 (3-3) AGE OLD

28 Frequently seen in a goof tenuous though it is (5) OFTEN