ALAN LEE’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 372

Across

1 Bizarre crime, so cop needs forensic aid. (10) 6 Drink many a Guinness. (4) 9 Checks brakes. (7) 10 Act for each and for many. (7) 12 Session in one or more station. (7) 13 Audibly persuaded to get material. (5) 15 Turn and catch chatterbox. (7) 17 Float in water backwards in various styles. (7) 18 English trees in garbage. (7) 21 Give dress to mother at least. (7) 23 Louise and Veronica

Waters. (5) 24 Complain about green slime in

town. (7) 27 Checks horses outside corral.

(7) 28 Chase when half sober. (7) 29 Urge huskies to get oatmeal. (4) 30 Carroll character in rough cloth stayed ahead with ease, we’re told. (10)

Down

1 Post with metal links. (4) 2 Winch is superior to whip. (7) 3 Book classification. (5) 4 Job in movies is west coast scam. (7) 5 Pepper or paper to ink, a school outing. (7) 7 Loser to rejoin thieves. (7) 8 Awkward advance keeps pigments dark. (10) 11 Like Lenin hurrying to audience. (7) 14 Carroll character let mud spread around dandelion. (10) 16 Cheese covers fool in old club. (7) 19 Northerners try outdoor sport inside, some backwards. (7) 20 Writer was elevated to cutter. (7) 21 Good writer is more detached about slander. (7) 22 Middle name of economist. (Might have name on a highway). (7) 25 Is financial backer in the wings? (5) 26 Gardener hid Athabascan native. (4)