cryptic crossword
ACROSS
1 Firmly fix length of wood,
blue (6,4)
6 Losing time, walk to find way
up? (4)
10 Circle, or segment (5)
11 Tito again in turmoil, showing
nervousness (9)
12 Nightie e.g. in centre of bed,
tangled with leg (8)
13 Period that's quiet in trade
(5)
15 Was ruler pelted, as stated?
(7)
17 Swell railway: just the place
for a doctor (7)
19 Affected by bacteria round top of commode? One's not convinced (7)
21 Go it alone and the sky's the
limit! (3,4)
22 Embroiled in conflict, some
draw tanks retreating (2,3) 24 Soundly pack timber for this
expensive china (8)
27 Sort of headgear to use when
one is smoking? (9)
28 Problem when Queen leaves,
creating fuss (5)
29 Sailor heads north for lake (4) 30 Does their work make them
go totally up the wall? (10)
DOWN
1 Either way, it's a careless
mistake (4)
2 Plonk! Put down for discussion and heard complaint (5,4)
3 Praise former tax cut (5)
4 Pulled, when cross-dressed?
(7)
5 Who might waste a lot of
time serving people? (7)
7 Emerge with a pay increase (5) 8 Fine case in which footballers
might be seen? (7,3)
9 Pressure as Balkan approaches unknown man in the street? (6,2)
14 Short delay after call, then fix
old radio (7,3)
16 They're authorised to certify stuff: not something to do with astrology (8)
18 Terrible income, so finally
choose to save (9)
20 Two females: one employed
to herd cattle (7)
21 Unusually gifted, initially
schoolboy is restless (7)
23 One barking, not loudly,
could be Romeo? (5)
25 Used to be tense,
discontented? Rubbish! (5) 26 Runners touch, with third (or fourth) moving into first place (4)