CROSSWORD

Across

1 It states a firm with two thousand has no rival (10) 6 row of drunks (4) 10 Stone cast in attack (5) 11 Hold back the power, or increase it (9) 12 as I’m the chosen one, I go to make complaint (8) 13 Birds from other nests (5) 15 People returning help in hotels (7) 17 Important individual rendered powerless (7) 19 Cursed, having spilt the salt in bed (7) 21 takes uncertain steps (7) 22 Not left straight (5) 24 Crumbs are slung out (8) 27 It’s done at random for medicinal purposes (9) 28 I break bail in order to prove I was elsewhere (5) 29 Beaten hollow (4) 30 Nevertheless there’s a lack of variety (3,3,4)

Down

1 Footwear hamper (4) 2 Service vehicles providing information (4,5) 3 Possibly unite, but here separate (5) 4 Is run in, rehabilitated and destroyed (2,5) 5 Fabulous supporter of royalty (7) 7 the words of allah used in a book or a novel (5) 8 Feeling for the right gear (5,5) 9 Influenced in an unnatural way (8) 14 a good deal may come from it (10) 16 Outlook from carriage (8) 18 One hoping to be successful on points (9) 20 Excavate almost everything with the fingers (7) 21 tidy up - start in the passage (7) 23 Board makes progress (3,2) 25 a custom among unscrupulous agents (5) 26 trend of opinion indicating change of diet (4)