CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gallery offering back its properties (6)

4 The boy’s utter fear of a certain ethnicity (8)

9 I give a bad name to small NHL players (9)

11 Love in the morning that we share (5)

12 Loose-limbed drunk, this fellow (5)

13 Rosa, we tossed your safe in the water (9)

14 Grand you deposit in a bank (8) 16 You and I step halfway inside upscale hotel (6)

19 The girl in Michael Jackson’s 1987 album hit (6)

20 Mom and that guy greeting while catching a fish (8) 23 Plant collection: the woman’s element (9)

25 Artificial swamp in front of our group (5)

27 Stood for bug behind yours truly (5)

28 Figure out check that I have (9) 29 Large amount in gold: love my independence (8)

30 Curtains you need at both sides (3,3)

DOWN

1 Tour allowed one of

three kids (7)

2 Everyone retreating

to pass out (5)

3 Teens seen wandering

about state (9)

5 I’m acquiring North Sea

clothing line (6)

6 Philosopher in the position of breaking up Oslo Accords party (5)

7 Fish swimming near

to net (4,5)

8 Emily who painted that kind of

bag (5-2)

10 Soothing, for example,

about a transgression (6) 15 Alert operator and British maid

or butler (9)

17 Bishop picked up by hired gun drifting around Scottish place (9)

18 Rodent limb grabbed

by cat on the way back (6) 19 Czech region starts to be our home, except maybe it ain’t (7)

21 Rather stained bananas (7) 22 Headwear displayed by Lydia

demurely (6)

24 Sean known for acting like

soldier material (5)

26 Costume men discussed

loudly (5)