cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Unfortunately curtail rap at beginning of single: here’s the details (11)

9 See a blemish (4)

10 Conservative team give opinion on performance, being helpful (11)

11 Brave warrior: he takes half of

Italian city (4)

14 In secrecy, cleverly use again

(7)

16 Surveys returned about

calcium in seafood (7)

17 She’s a band named after her, maybe backed by a chap named Cooper? (5)

18 Boast about argument (4)

19 Pigpen, we hear, is an

eyesore? (4)

20 Indian perhaps in old vessel

crossing Spain (5)

22 One’s honest about celebrity

(7)

23 Spoil study by independent

old electrical engineer (7)

24 Try a game of cricket (4)

28 Device for telling pub-goers to drink up: in the past, or the future? (4,7)

29 French bread causing tummy

ache? (4)

30 Servant combining charm

with bed? I am! (11)

DOWN

2 River in which star is reflected

(4)

3 Throw at ship (4)

4 Black maybe worn by Edward

and Mark (7)

5 Attract student runner from

Yorkshire (4)

6 Inform on people in modern

society (3,4)

7 A very quiet woman morphed

into just ‘a name’ (11)

8 Type of pressure we’re all

under (11)

12 Old dinosaur with three dangerous points to face? (11)

13 Rich, posh lass almost organised educational grant (11)

15 Vote into office and pick

leader off (5)

16 Leave first of sheep and cows

with male animal (5)

20 East German supported by well-off person scared to face reality (7)

21 Set forth, and rushed back

with speed (7)

25 Danger: medication masks

bug (4)

26 It’s a pretence when embarrassment’s not complete (4)

27 Against a new note? (4)