Welcome to the Phantom after his tests runs on the blog. Too many annos evade me today besides being stuck for 25D.
ACROSS
1 Rehashed version of revolution involving revolutionary? To the contrary (8) RICOCHET RICO{CHE}T Anno not clear
5 Steel like spirit perhaps? (6) METTLE(~metal)
9 African chap about to meet Indian leaving his capital initially for capital of Botswana (8) NAMIBIAN {NAM<=}{I(-nd+b)BIAN}
10 Touch down east of Indian state on a plateau (6) UPLAND {UP}{LAND} Is there such a word? It's not there in the BRB.
12 Old guy looking excited, starts to leer at girls (4) OGLE {O}{G}{L}{E}
13
Breathing aid at
valley's medical department for boxer returning from hill (10)
VENTILATOR {V}{ENT}{ILA<=}{TOR}
15 Responsibility on wife as husband's lost on peak (6) WEIGHT {W}{hEIGHT}
17 Some elements in Macedonia, Greece concur (5) AGREE [T]
20 Inhume, place six feet under (5) INTER [E]
21 Question arose after recurrence of issue about one's skipping date (2-4) NO-SHOW {NO-S<=}{HOW}
24 Present boxes, baked ham pies not top grade, for half the world (10) HEMISPHERE {HE{HaM+PIES*}RE}
27 Bet on the Spanish to fall in line (4) RELY {R{EL}Y}
29 Dictator; afraid, closet is opening, failed to get away still (6) CASTRO {C}ASTRO Anno pending
30 With a wave refuse (without one's method) to meet seductive woman (8) BRANDISH BRAN{DISH} Anno pending
31 Licence allows right for the first time to guardian (6) PERMIT Anno pending
32 Hooker asks client at last to come in next into vacant saloon (8) SLATTERN {Sal{LAT{T}ER}ooN}
DOWN
1 Nonsensical drama on losing an article has no purpose (6) RANDOM {DRAMa+ON}*
2 Reserved rooms, mini-meals, with no initial advance? That's attractive (6) COMELY {CO{MEaLs}Y}
3 Actor's line describes
Rubik essentially and the
form of his creation (4)
CUBE {CU{ruBik}E}
4 Hack bids goodbye travelling North to dodge (5) EVADE Anno pending
6 Banish, denying right to outcast coming up over bridge (5) EXPEL {rE{X}PEL<=}
7 Scam connected with betrayers (8) TRAITORS
8 Recommends death for Arabs refusing to start (8) ENDORSES {END}{hORSES}
11 Figures losing energy and still standing? (6) STATUS {STATUeS}
14 Honey overpriced? (4) DEAR [DD]
16 Very excited to be in Guangzhou! But missing Arizona State University (4-2) GUNG-HO {GUaNGzHOu}*
17 Work on new article coming up shortly (4) ANON {AN}{ON} Anno not clear
18 One taken before retiring dilute with a dash of gin bottoms up as limit (8) NIGHTCAP {NIG<=}HT{CAP} Anno pending
19 Spray a mist oe'r through an airbrush (8) ATOMISER*
22 Old age characteristic to watch, absorbing nothing (6) SENILE {SE{NIL}E} That should be 'Senility' as per the definition.
23 Execute a stroke as in square-cut in cricket? (6) HYPHEN [CD]
25 Signal the one in thirty? (5) S
26 River and mountains describe the country (5) RURAL {R}{URAL}
28 Equipment to incorporate new connection (4) KNIT {K{N}IT}
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