Genius 115

[hankir]

Still a few remaining.

9 Discontentedly 5 and 30? You'd not be 30 in these (5)

22,22across Ready for change then, as litmus paper initially showed up acid disappearing? (7,3)

31 ... on account of piles? (5)

Help appreciated.

BTW, I do not submit my solution if I need help on more than one word.

So this one I want to finish and file away.

Thanks in advance

[Flyhalf]

What are the solutions to clues numbered 5 and 30, please?

[hankir]

30d answer is free and 5 d is hand.

5. Chinese worker (4)

[kayakamina]

22 Decimal Day

31 L oa ds

[hankir]

Thanks kayakamina.
Being outside UK, to come up with Decimal Day is tough.

[EMor1]

Hankir
Re 9A
The 5 in the clue refers to five (not to another clue)
You have the answer to 30D
Take the contents out of each of these two words and you have the same two-letter word for the chemical symbol of a well-known element
Because there are two of them the element is in the plural.
And if you are in these you will not be free.
I hope that this helps.

[Flyhalf]

Remind me not to attempt answering Genius crossword questions - there's too much outside the normal clues going on.

[hankir]

Thanks Emor1.
That's very clever. Unfortunately I got stuck on the actual answer to 5.

Bigjack, thanks for offering to help. Not many would try. I know Genius crosswords can be complex especially when the clues are not self-contained.