CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Contempt after party leader’s stand (6) 4 Organisations involved in mass production? (8) 9 Bait on line cast outside a bay? (6) 10 Number produced by disreputable characters, best avoided (8) 12 Sweet heifer might catch it (5,3) 13 Seen in Tripoli, by a North African (6) 15 Following whisky, a very revealing display (1-3) 16 Honoured criminal involved with leads to serious robberies – appalling! (10) 19 Immobilising stroke? Call round for your information (10) 20 Channel swimmer beginning to wade with tide going out (4) 23 Dismiss extremely rude judge after vacation starts to cause tension (6) 25 Title can’t be passed on, providing sword is held in both hands (4,4) 27 Left savages corrupt gambling centre (3,5) 28 Riot set off with forged CV of title-holder (6) 29 Before indication of social media approval, notice a large number appear to be similar (4,4) 30 Mostly take ferry, near where you’ll see another place by Gormley (6)

DOWN

1 Where to find Medicine Hat? (7) 2 Terribly bad clue to one of several pairs of answers here (6,3) 3 Anxious, claiming a fortune as yours (6) 5 Author of Prisoner of Zenda and Great Expectations (4) 6 Two pandas – one big star (3,5) 7 Robust alternate theatre on the limits of decency (5) 8 Supports forming most of support in ship (7) 11 Susbstitute for term could be issue for children (7) 14 Iron shackles almost putrid pal of 24Dn (7) 17 Poets rate works by Lehar and Offenbach (9) 18 Glasgow library has complicated tech in plant (8) 19 Red and blue states like plums, grapes and eggplants (7) 21 Drill shaft near St Kilda? (7) 22 Line of work is level below me (6) 24 Perhaps Biden is up inside 14Dn’s pal (5) 26 Rating higher than ten? (4)