Quick crossword

ACROSS

7 Dissertation (6)

8 Astride (6)

10 Hummed; vibrated (7)

11 Exercise (5)

12 Castle (4)

13 Fortunate; sticky? (5)

17 Tumbler or flute? (5)

18 Hurry; hyphen (4)

22 Ring loud and deep (5)

23 Non-believer (7)

24 Reward on head of criminal

(6)

25 Thin (6)

DOWN

1 Crowd supervisor (7)

2 Deer meat (7)

3 Scales sign (5)

4 Training school (7)

5 Redbreast (5)

6 Religious song (5)

9 Excessively (2,7)

14 Frivolous (7)

15 Doctor’s visitor; composed (7)

16 Sleep (4-3)

19 Diving equipment (5)

20 Imprecise (5)

21 Military uniform (5)

ACROSS

1 Sure wobbly as belly out! (10)

6 Old man greedy, taking every

other bit (4)

10 Area of responsibility turning

the clock back? (5)

11 Transpose in mix-up that could result in woman signing sponsorship deal (9)

12 Always in container, English

drink (8)

13 Dance beat has vitality (5)

15 Dry sherry initially quaffed by

two rugby union teams? (7)

17 Excited as leant closer? (7)

19 Root cut, average previously

(7)

21 Bird that’s cold facing north

(7)

22 Foreign national occasionally

fiery on a quiz show (5)

24 A tailless feline in toy box

(3,5)

27 Not clever enough to bag first

in physics? That’s fine (9)

28 Kid was vacillating, by the

sound of it? (5)

29 Embraced by hero, legendary

part (4)

30 Measuring instrument for

farm machinery (10)

DOWN

1 Area coming up in murder

case (4)

2 Smile more fake, as wine

waiter (9)

3 Drink at bedtime, perhaps?

About time! (5)

4 In play, pair reinterpreted clip

art (7)

5 Characters, those renting

rooms? (7)

7 Inexperienced politician (5)

8 Unhappiness of knight in

place for camp dancing? (10)

9 Page covering right agreement

(8)

14 Relative pace beginning to

slow, tries shifting (10)

16 Foreign article held by small

beams (8)

18 Last word on capitalism’s

ending in hollow reform (9)

20 Worker in ceramics nailing

one more up the wall? (7)

21 Risk securing limp cover (7)

23 A price to pay for coral? (5)

25 Lost on a ship (2,3)

26 Lower part to bring up (4)