CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Next X-ray should be here in hospital directory (10) 6 Sport where players change clubs with no transfer fee (4) 9 Take and squander? (5) 10 Plastic egret — nice, should be animated (9)

12 Cabinet perhaps goes off to the Left — maturity comes later? (7) 13 Rambling pair left for thirty days (5)

15 Taking part in sportswear, a cheat reveals something wrong in the head (7) 17 Proclaim as leader of the Americans and French (7) 19 Lose heart, having endless need to accommodate dad … (7) 21 … following grasping half-idle mum (7)

22 One’s trapping in river areas (5) 24 Funny thing, there’s nothing in packet (7)

27 Schools with no one left to get bus, say (9)

28 King being shown in reduced one’s rank, having stripes (5) 29 Assess velocity (4)

30 This person tucking into meat shuns prepared relish (10)

DOWN

1 Most of capital area is upwardly mobile too (4)

2 Hoards made by 29 ground squirrels, oddly (9)

3 After artist died, half of score is set to be heard (5)

4 Norm is too old, rejecting one blood type after another (7) 5 Nuisance, having to shore up river that’s most low

(7)

7 Being seen by water getting more warm, going topless (5) 8 Ladies — maybe diverting if it’s Alice, or maddening if it’s Celia? (10) 11 Step-by-step rag for playing as a pair (7)

14 School captain’s striking effort, blocked by post … (10)

16 … roughly misses — he sets up these sessions (7) 18 Projection that water won’t quite go round (9) 20 Commander’s tracked vehicle reversed over animal (7) 21 Improvised score (7) 23 Engineers show what chemicals may do (5)

25 Sulphur used in crop driers (5) 26 Small Korean ruler over-the-top scoop! (4)