CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Soldiers on service account for

killing (8)

5 Condition after end of side

effects (6)

9 Proudly announces the last of

recent short favourites (8) 10 Returning students

go wrong (4,2)

12 Keep changing mind as poorly

during leave (9)

13 Hurries, seeing evidence of

unhappiness (5)

14 Pretty clever (4)

16 Mafia boss must stifle limitless

appetite for prison! (7)

19 Go from bad to worse? (7) 21 Damage caused by son in bed (4) 24 Bitter about Conservative

purge (5)

25 Clone it and replace free (9) 27 Somewhat treasonous

motive (6)

28 Deliberate volume of business

cut in half (4,4)

29 Substitute unknown by 13

in order (6)

30 Safety measure resulting from

strike by constituency (4,4)

DOWN

1 27 shift across this, oddly (6) 2 The origin of gravy,

reportedly (6)

3 A Scandinavian

set up for shock (5)

4 A touch below par, ultimately in

fierce competition (3,4)

6 Rent objectives may be shock

problem (5,4)

7 Ring in copy and finally asked for

a review (8)

8 Removing protection from wild pigeons – about ten (8)

11 Drop area covered by graduate

teacher (4) 15 Uniform and hairdo in job at a

higher level (9)

17 Keep quiet and hold back (8) 18 Losers from orchestra wearing type of sweater succeeded (4-4)

20 Amateur offering

to accept money (4) 21 Apprehension as fitting

in therapy (7)

22 Pressure from palaver about

silkworms, perhaps (6) 23 Animal rights protected

by measures (6)

26 Popular idiot’s common supplementary question, right? (5)