Crossword

MORE CROSSWORDS IN TABLOID! AND WEEKEND REVIEW

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)