CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Lacking detail of brief encounter by stretch of water in Norfolk (10) 6 Boss axing one restaurant worker (4) 9 Small border plant (5) 10 Writer’s tip after social function (9) 12 I search out purser (7) 13 A key passage (5) 15 Stop a black bull heading off (7) 17 Intimate intercity train (7) 19 Case: travelling sort he left inside (7) 21 The old lady eating with the Spanish statesman (7) 22 Dramatist and writer for children almost returned (5) 24 Biased against fine amusement park (7) 27 Duke is to retire in ruin (9) 28 Bit of help on getting out of bed (3-2) 29 To attack king, assistance is required (4) 30 Child in joint with unruly tribe (5-5)

DOWN

1 Smashed sculpture (4) 2 Traditional dolls Choo designed (3-6) 3 Clean frock (5) 4 Hurry to secure books I dismiss as worthless (7) 5 Spend lavishly in plant skirting lake (7) 7 Those who have inherited pretentious manners, by the sound of it (5) 8 Annual pop celebration? (7,3) 11 Drama training by new enclosure (7) 14 At hospital, female wearing brooch, attending the German pioneer (10) 16 Extremely earnest in past, perhaps (7) 18 Observes appropriate military command (4,5) 20 Do without chorus (7) 21 Pitman with a large soft drink (7) 23 American brought over his cracked Oriental dish (5) 25 Spontaneous remark from daughter in Ali Baba, at the start (2-3) 26 Box son on equal footing (4)