CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Paint farm animal encountered

around back of cabin (7) 5 Yellowish-pink rice left un

finished in a kettle (7) 9 One of the Stooges embracing

the sixth film (5) 10 Reverse-colour pictures, for

example, taken by locals (9) 11 Pink state of wheels? (9) 12 The guy with Ann returned hair

colouring (5) 13 In excavation, old colouring

matter (6) 14 Classes at painting, sculpture,

etc. retracted (6) 18 Mere GI breaking rule (6) 20 Al Pacino halfway through with

a wool supplier (6) 24 Lose tension, like long stories

(5) 26 Treatment of a top tooth is something tough to handle (3,6) 27 Endure one Mafia boss going

after thug (2,2,3,2) 28 Substituted paint finish (3,2) 29 Misleads tenderfeet about the

Spanish (7) 30 Moderately warm, bright colour for title character Pierce (7)

DOWN

1 Rock note held by Deep Purple? (6) 2 Ruling verging on crazy (9) 3 Colour of a fantastic city in ephemeral daydream (7) 4 Hergé cartoon hero’s given green colourings (8) 5 Silver transformed garnet (6) 6 Teeth in a set chatter badly (7) 7 Group of witches around roasting place (5) 8 Chuck eating small amount with a Mexican dish (8) 15 White flower behind a research

site (9) 16 Anticipated hype by editor

about herb (8) 17 A container wrapped in purplish

and silvery colour (8) 19 Brownish-yellow ooze covering

name on a marquee (7) 21 Wild partying, after the initial

excitement (7) 22 Underworld getting behind

school’s primary colours (6) 23 Charitable about one Italian

opera composer (6) 25 Threatening sound from grey

bird of prey (5)