CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,599

Across

1 Form is stocked with 100 great books (8)

5 Mount desert animal to cross river (6)

9 From what we hear, actor Smith loves men fighting (8)

10 English author to obtain from library? (6)

12 Bank interest rates initially revised after crash (9)

13 A side is amazing (5) 14 Drop off as junior public schoolboy tackling Latin (4)

16 Introduce intellectual, having poured out a drink (5,2)

19 Examination – one of those coming down here is confused! (7)

21 Lady’s title provided by steward on arrival (4)

24 Greek letter that is half-obscured by an earlier one (5)

25 Partisan as certain as could be (9)

27 Article by relative that may have been written at university (6)

28 End of the line – not just for a French supremo (8)

29 After game the female had got her skates on? (6)

30 Spoilt child being naughty gets exposed (8)

Down

1 Capturer of pictures of the first person embraced by woman (6) 2 Voice – it returns in cave eerily (6)

3 Religious meal in which prophet entertains 500 (5) 4 Grumbling, being bothered about parking (7)

6 Notice something being said in worship (9)

7 Arrives before one to get into game, rescheduled match (8) 8 Old-style solicitor with some flaw, a gentleman (3,5) 11 Swimmer beginning to worry with tide going out (4)

15 Vital cure could be moneymaking (9)

17 One to flatter in the most sincere way? (8)

18 What’s shown by one with endless lolling around? (8) 20 Go over items presented systematically (4) 21 Lecture using new media to entertain 150 (7) 22 Bandleader in factory meeting HM (6)

23 Not informed, as very many may be (6)

26 Any number in region where sport can be watched (5)