CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Give Commanding Officer salute with unknown number involved (10) 6 Troublesome situation created by return of moderate Conservatives (4) 9 Extremely glad to eat our fruit (5) 10 I dash back with money to purchase old habit (9) 12 Most difficult dart he’s thrown (7) 13 Jobs for Poles (5) 15 Trouble with method that should follow right lines (7) 17 Bird table with nothing in it (7) 19 Resent a drunk getting sober (7) 21 Perhaps Carmen then regularly avoided work (7) 22 Coarse grass restricts runs (5) 24 You’re looking for these responses (7) 27 For instance, boxers inferior to women are unusual (9) 28 Hitting lob, Edberg nets ball (5) 29 Bring in vase, by the sound of it (4) 30 Mark Twain, say, used this? (10) DOWN 1 Lock up composer (4) 2 A Turing — he cracked what could be more difficult (9) 3 Passenger, Irish from the South, turned crimson (5) 4 Treat criminal in neighbouring cell (7) 5 18 for field trip? (7) 7 Gets little bits of wood (5) 8 Engineer screwed in new part of car (10) 11 Progess seen in this writer’s show (7) 14 Coveting top of hill by river as suitable place for plants (10) 16 If that man enters outskirts of Wainfleet, that woman’s following (7) 18 Bear managed small drink after end of jaunt (9) 20 Attempt to catch ancient play (7) 21 Watch over bishop and perform duties (7) 23 It detects signals from north and south (5) 25 Keen, for example, to roll up and be entertained by organ (5) 26 Expensive honey (4)