CROSSWORD

Across 1 Loyalties that are relatively important (6,4) 6 Thrust home a point (4) 10 Take out and clean (5) 11 Ten fill up, perhaps, there’s more than enough (9)

12 Game that may disturb ant heaps (8) 13 Passage from a small island (5)

15 No great matter in a New York examining body? (7)

17 Given first-class fare (7) 19 He votes for a European king (7)

21 Animal from North America or Cuba I disturbed (7)

22 Sort of paper obtained about quarter past five (5)

24 A repulse could provide it – but probably doesn’t (8)

27 There’s a lot to be said for being this (9)

28 I rose, perhaps, in the basket-making trade (5) 29 Rudely sent home (4) 30 A sore head needs treating with it (10) Down 1 Point goes to loud American in a spot of trouble (4)

2 A crazy bounder (5,4) 3 Sign for a note in Italian money (5) 4 Cutting quite a figure in the garden? (7) 5 Builder puts a point to a parson (7)

7 Stiff resolution shown in disputes (5) 8 Unusually bold, I exult in a letter to a loved one (6,4)

9 Nobody we know (8) 14 One keeps dry on it (5,5) 16 Gone out round about ten for some food (2-6) 18 I follow Bert in line for a rake (9)

20 Scold someone for always turning round (7) 21 Folded when credit was derestricted (7) 23 They have tense voices and moods (5)

25 Do a rough job of cleaning (5) 26 Weapon used in Sarawak rising? (4)