No 12823, Friday 03 Jan 2020, Gridman

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ACROSS
1   Training in notebook? (8) EXERCISE [DD]
5   Periodical, socially acceptable, figures in history (6) ANNUAL {ANN{U}AL}
9   Official record on substance used by engineer (8) REGISTER {RE}{GIST}{ER}
10 Judge heading for animal in pad (6) JOTTER {Ju..e}{OTTER}
12 A negligible amount for a book of interest to a vocalist (4) SONG [DD]
13 In restaurant dish is not fine (10) INDELICATE {IN}{DELI}{CATE}
15 Classifying some secretarial work (6) TYPING [DD]
17 Apply force on part of media (5) PRESS [DD]
20 Not beginning to clash with head of opposition in meeting (5) UNION {rUN IN} over {Op...n}
21 Rex gets into aspect of kind of book useful to traveller (6) PHRASE {PH{R}ASE}
24 View American booklet (10) PROSPECTUS {PROSPECT}{US}
27 Exhort son to avoid sudden swell (4) URGE sURGE
29 Wind player is wearing modern boot (6) OBOIST {OBO{IS}T*}
30 Master put out core of veda and moved steadily (8) STREAMED {MASTER*}{vEDa}
31 Girl gets a learner's prayer book (6) MISSAL {MISS}{A}{L}
32 Wife with double hesitation is an unsettling type (8) WANDERER {W}{AND}{ER}{ER}

DOWN
1   For example, fancy limited exit (6) EGRESS {EG}{dRESSy}
2   Being noncommittal, Henry leaves, inching forward (6) EDGING hEDGING
3   Pursue, without a bit of hope, the suit (4) CASE ChASE
4   The woman has a measure of radiance (5) SHEEN {SHE}{EN}
6   Unnao missed including name (5) NAOMI [T]
7   Vehicle collapsed in shifting dune remains to be found (8) UNTRACED {UN{CART<=}ED*}
8   Big contract renter's endless generosity (8) LARGESSE {LARGE}{lESSEe}
11 Went ahead with good, easy rules at first for the business book (6) LEDGER {LED}{G}{Easy}{Ru..s}
14 Poem that that man heard (4) HYMN(~him)
16 Effect of mischievous child’s move (6) IMPACT {IMP}{ACT}
17 “Concession withdrawn” — tribals’ head gets mail (4) POST {SOP<=}{Tr...l}
18 Question anchor back in drinking chamber (4,4) PUMP ROOM {PUMP}{MOOR<=}
19 Go, Sir! Our turn is harsh (8) RIGOROUS*
22 Simple text for Victorian queen (6) PRIMER {PRIM}{ER}
23 One walking has no time for university lecturer (6) READER tREADER
25 Father’s beginning to try a foreign course (5) PASTA {PA'S}{Try}{A}
26 Extreme in foul traces (5) ULTRA [T]
28 First part of motel closure? Correct! (4) MEND {Mo..l}{END}

Reference List
Socially acceptable = U, On = RE, Engineer = ER, Rex = R, Son = S, Learner = L, Henry = H, Measure = EN, Good = G, Victorian = PRIM, Queen = ER, Time = T