CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Cordiality produced by retsina he’s drunk (10) 6 Bird is protecting bird, half gone (4) 9 Box contains energy weapon (5) 10 Pain again with ruler, endlessly thrashed (9) 12 Tiny tear allowed to appear next to sink (7) 13 Star compiler’s turning negative! (5) 15 Exhausting individual, not quite awake (7) 17 Managed company with utter heartless resentment (7) 19 Becomes aware Eskimo’s eating last of meat (7) 21 Rods for fish (7) 22 Blemishes reversed in effective analysis (5) 24 Artist’s turn to cover Queen music’s opening (7) 27 Cover for retired person? (9) 28 Decoration’s not completely exotic in gastronomy (5) 29 Stitched together broadcast for the audience (4) 30 Charm shown by bunch of cowboys in newspapers (10)

DOWN

1 Keen to wrap small present (4) 2 The last word on depression admitting male ‘change’ (9) 3 Initially tree’s open root system omitted trunk (5) 4 ‘Brains’ holds new record over puzzle (7) 5 Louvre’s quiet, say (7) 7 Activated live weapon (5) 8 Terrible messes with rats in sewer (10) 11 Calm, one remarks, surrounds hospital worker (7) 14 Noise mostly almost shattered still (10) 16 Thespian, one seen in musical (7) 18 Love, where it’s played out differently (9) 20 Guardian shows taste, incorporating Independent ? (7) 21 Fixes pan, served up vegetable (7) 23 Provide closure before old wife … (5) 25 … leaves old husband over sex frolics finally (5) 26 Matures a long time (4)