TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Amateur poet adopting unusual title (10)

6 Go mad in retirement (4) 9 Offering support for church? (5)

10 It’s improper for merriment to grip actor (9)

12 Search dodgy publication associated with last of sleaze (7) 13 Debate one’s petition (5) 15 Runs down motorway before signal changed (7) 17 Extravagant chap secures love seat (7)

19 Performance payment for Queen? (7)

21 No stamp fixed? He won’t deliver! (7)

22 Symbol in Greek, merely alphabetical initially (5) 24 More dubious having left stranger (7)

27 This rogue turned out honest (9)

28 Stop sweetheart embracing bachelor (5)

29 Seeds that could be sown in the wild? (4)

30 Buffoons broadcast about primarily motor testing (10)

Down

1 Boring spot around river (4) 2 Get better following diet strictly (9)

3 Hard liquor after time creates dull whine (5)

4 Shocks accepting sweetheart’s approaches (7) 5 Fuss about power in engineers’ missile (7)

7 Counts length of draw involving minutes and seconds (5)

8 Growing container good to protect spur (10)

11 Old heads taking current drugs (7)

14 Showman is more rapid, endlessly shuffling (10)

16 Brave girl over large insect (7) 18 Significant this compiler’s British in spirit (9)

20 Cries about nothing and wife colours (7)

21 Papers regularly give gift (7) 23 American soldier purchased leg of lamb (5)

25 Banker’s attempt to leave business (5)

26 Ultimately dead rodent causing bother (4)