CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Old fellow in public service is not supported? (3,2,6) 9 Element of income garnered for Greek character (5) 10 Chancer falsified printouts behind work (11) 11 Wrongly advised managing director leaving Mull, say (4) 14 English actor in a set of clubs? (5) 16 Briskly set to work given place at home (5,2) 17 Record held by agent erroneously (5) 18 Saying I’d cut out when facing Frenchman (6) 19 Crawl, perhaps, in line (6) 22 Commemorative decoration is announced for Scottish ex-broadcasting executive (5) 23 Denial broadcast about source of riches in EU state (7) 24 Poor government’s first slight obsession (5) 25 Explanation not good for defeat (4) 26 Learner in the marches mislaid motorcycling equipment (5,6) 29 A companion among number getting Mexican food (5) 30 Hated theory pulled apart quite recently (3,5,3)

BENBECULA

DOWN

1 Some emotion observed in Japanese artist (3) 2 Leading trophy overturned (3) 3 European, however, entering stronghold shows anticipation (11) 4 A fool admitting sloth, say, is comical (7) 5 Round character trained in sumo becomes threatening (7) 6 Rubbish starts to remain on thoroughfares (3) 7 Excellent Scot, maybe, around start of struggle follows group mostly (11) 8 Des and Mark fine when working to acquire companions? (4,7) 12 Pal sprinted off to get something grown indoors (6,5) 13 Remain in tight-knit group to see very thin creature? (5,6) 15 Describe background to prepared article on part of a play (3,3,5) 20 Secretive junior military type (7) 21 Powerful person shown in substantial photograph (3,4) 26 Price not small for bed (3) 27 It could be found in wet ground or mound oddly (3) 28 Something carried right away in Scottish river (3)