cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Competition between two close

teams in pub west of city (5,5)

6 Bad feeling when there’s

destruction about (4)

10 What may be flowering in season – nitrogen not needed (5)

11 A dad with the twitching

complaint disinclined to act (9)

12 Silly South American country running short of energy and food (8)

13 Taking part in debate, a marvellous group of top people (1-4)

15 Model soldier to travel north (7)

17 Take revenge to avoid an odd

outcome? (3,4)

19 Heading for shelter in city

mostly torn apart by conflict (7)

21 Rise and fall of baddy from ‘ere

(7)

22 One sister of Beth in British

university, small and elegant (5)

24 Illegal traveller taking a route

east of Gloucestershire town (8)

27 Superior crackpot, fellow on

paper maybe not mentioned (9)

28 Believe in nothing and waste

away? (5)

29 The time one’s arranged to meet

(4)

30 Manchester has this top fellow

on stage (7,3)

DOWN

1 Composer’s sound inclination

(4)

2 New orchestra that has pulling

power (9)

3 The foreign female OK as an

immigrant? (5)

4 Girl and boy admitting current

attempt to withhold truth? (7)

5 Put up with big, unending

embrace that’s painful? (4,3)

7 Off the wall, but not entirely

without reason (5)

8 ‘Tom ended drunk’, copper intervening put down on paper (10)

9 What terrible left-winger outside Parliament finally gets stopped? (8)

14 Session certain to make one

enthralled (10)

16 University type had to be sent

down after a drug bust (8)

18 Vehicle belonging to artist on front of mansion gets barbarous treatment (9)

20 Merit of some Parisian bottle

unopened (7)

21 Odd crew at sea, cramped (7)

23 Jack joins member of family

for a trip (5)

25 A party with sailors below

deck (5)

26 The wren, regularly

disappearing bird (4)