CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. George blots out the smugglers (11)

6. Observed it to be something cutting (3)

8. It is evident it is finished on time (5)

10. Club I mail about the navel (9)

11. So, taken out, a car is needed (4)

12. Alighieri was in Sudan, temporarily (5)

13. Relating to a star system derived from milk (8)

16. Does own to having fainted away (7)

17. Is jaunty, being on a first-class railway (4)

18. Rolling dice made it cold (4)

19. Fill case with diamonds and it will float in the cold (4,3)

21. Sea traffic one is taking on board (8)

23. Old earnest city in France (5)

26. Five got a good deal back from such an aircraft (4)

27. A planner might etch car, it being replaced (9)

28. Give him a rich bit of red, green and blue porcelain (5)

29. Sesame is to be illuminated in return (3)

30. Is off with a slovenly woman, lying in this (8,3)

DOWN

1. Drink taken at London tower with a queen (6,4)

2. It’s about study of the deep charge on oil, a cap being imposed on it (15)

3. Lots of puppies one untidies the place with (7)

4. Why it looks like a little letter from Greece (5)

5. Closed a way to have offered one comfort (7)

6. It’s a little sheepish, making an offering of it (11,4)

7. Card will stand for anything savage (4)

9. A furrow it’s torture to show up (3)

13. Make cinch go round a dumpling dish (7)

14. Making a connection, nothing is given up by monarch (7)

15. Taking off from Ness during changeover (10)

19. There’s something pointed in the seeds of such apples (7)

20. High spirits turning into ale (7)

22. Agreeable about starting huddle in an alcove (5)

24. A gypsy man has his storage device (3)

25. A swift way to avoid food (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Miscellanea 8. Overcast 9. Tutu

10. Pairs 13. Haul 16. Thin 17. Wish 18. Owes 20. Woman 24. Edge

25. Fire-plug 26. Riding-habit

Down: 2. Idea 3. Cocoa 4. Laser 5. Notch 6. Conditioned 7. Pull through

11. In-law 12. Storm 14. Anil 15. Pike 19. Steed 21. Owing 22. Arena

23. Vlei