CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Patron accepting worker’s bribe (4-6)

6 Short extra post (4) 9 Handle eccentric type (5) 10 A track behind truck in Irish town (9)

12 Irish in the US, remarkably hairy (7)

13 Common outlaw, Mr Capone (5) 15 Light seafood in fish, starter lacking (3-4)

17 Dog is lean after exercising: power in it (7)

19 Bulb will start to open before end of August (7)

21 Don’t speak with tricksters — could be a put-up job? (7) 22 Relish nothing after a blow (5) 24 Change again in large novel (7) 27 Medic has beaten a drum on a TV film (9)

28 Strange dam, dry originally (5) 29 Clothes first or second, perhaps? (4) 30 Representative group good in Europe, say? (10)

DOWN

1 Dollar leap (4) 2 Happening thrice, tea dance (33-3)

3 Walker greeting king and queen (5)

4 Top call, not bottom (2-5) 5 Quick reporters in retirement? (7)

7 Obvious plateau (5)

8 King possibly with a lot of money — a good deal? (5,5) 11 Squeeze me after rolling onto couple (7)

14 A meaty pet? (7,3)

16 In total, narrative complete? (3,4)

18 Original opening I have, popular at first (9)

20 Twister ruined a party (7) 21 Two animals closer? (7) 23 Bones buried in Pisa, cracked (5)

25 Des Moines native maybe pale, under ten? (5)

26 Raised current, correct (4)