MCS Democracy week

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Across
  1. 1. Renaissance leader not after the big picture [6]
  2. 4. Cigar smoker unwell after religion [9]
  3. 6. Liberal, real complicated, forces Spanish King [4,4]
  4. 8. This Europhile has asterix by French sea [7]
  5. 9. Hockey head turns most of loss into shaky win [6]
  6. 11. This President is almost completely dotty [4]
  7. 12. Governor pursues Star Wars policy with ray gun, reportedly (sorry) [6]
  8. 13. Bad romance with this Tory [7]
  9. 15. That she is a female pop icon? It's over our heads! [8]
  10. 18. Nationalised trains have drab colour [5]
  11. 19. Make cross? [4]
  12. 21. Leaders of Portuguese expect the Spanish to remove outside [4]
  13. 23. Politics teacher starting to ask you lots of riddles [6]
  14. 24. Boss down under misled Alan’s bee [8]
  15. 28. University supremo with a Labour PM [8]
  16. 30. Cleans in macho overalls? [6]
  17. 31. Mao’s lost heart and starting to disown leader of neighbouring country [4]
Down
  1. 1. City makes another one rumble [9]
  2. 2. Top biologist happy with peach seed [9]
  3. 3. Politician obfuscates a loan with beginnings of bankruptcy when rich? [5,3]
  4. 5. Spanish leader half anchored in special economic zone [7]
  5. 7. Noise where radical Republican is [10]
  6. 10. Point of mysterious thorn [5]
  7. 14. Did he need crisis in the beginning? [4]
  8. 16. Vote loser bafflingly won four elections [9]
  9. 17. Ineffective president can thank major newspaper [4]
  10. 20. It’s not ideal, sir, being Victoria’s favourite [8]
  11. 22. Shrub partly dodgy? [4]
  12. 23. I hear Native American tent needs a drink [5]
  13. 25. Infamously pardoned reversing an ox in [5]
  14. 26. Harry follows empty heart to open land [5]
  15. 27. New Democrat just fluff wrapped in a lie [7]
  16. 28. Important: unknown quantity in Khan displaced by energy [5]
  17. 29. That Russian has a tie [5]