CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 25Ac 15Ac suffix is right above central Glasgow ( 6)

4 Make clear, yet badly pollutes? ( 5,3)

9 Dark times, and strange things ( 6)

10 Out- of- order Palermo rubbish tip crusher ( 8)

12 Bloke loses head going around mountain - man, that’s close ( 8)

13 Altogether freed, after a change of heart, is 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 6)

15 In residence on the margin ( 4)

16 Problems with one hospital when coming back with complaint from viewers ( 10)

19 Asian leader acclaimed translation as 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 10)

20 Scotland and Aberdeen starters undermine union ( 4)

23 Down, perhaps, for 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 6)

25 Tumble getting to grips with badly designed boot in game ( 8)

27 25Ac 15Ac suffix builds lattice work protecting hotel ( 8)

28 Forward chasing one missing from central defence for 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 6)

29 Sailorman swallowing Scotch egg starters and steak ( 5,3)

30 Spasmodically is seen in Great Glen ( 6)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across: 1 Subsystems, 6 Modi, 10 Ellon, 11 Xi Jinping, 13 Ounce, 15 Anaemic, 17 Samurai, 19 Groznyj, 21 Erdogan, 22 Putin, 24 Headbutt, 27 Aqua rosae, 28 Reign, 29 Expo, 30 Undersight

DOWN

1 Resistance ( within limits) to 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 7)

2 Virginia starts to employ architect holding rough guide to undeveloped scheme ( 5,4)

3 Essentially strong, the last whiskies on Speyside ( 6)

5 Pull in quietly on lifeboat as 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 4)

6 Corrupt policemen - cold deserts for pudding ( 5,3)

7 Window lets in small nocturnal creature ( 5)

8 Reported Bangkok busts provoke streams of abuse ( 7)

11 Partick’s strange suffix could allow something, perhaps to sink in ( 3,4)

14 Quiet part of Spain is ideal ( 7)

17 Estate workers suffering mischance as 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 9)

18 Immigrants who pay their dues ( 8)

19 Central Park vice can be illuminating ( 3,4)

21 Leader of battle taking a spear to settle account ( 7)

22 Postwar leader, a non- drinking general ( 6)

24 A Parisian joint is square ( 5)

26 They cleared out after reactor core ignited centrally for 25Ac 15Ac suffix ( 4)

STAPLETON

Down: 1 Spey, 2 Bolsonaro, 3 Yanbu, 4 Tax disc, 5 Mojitos, 7 Onion, 8 Ingredient, 9 Informed, 14 Cargo plane, 16 Monandry, 1

8/ 12 Right- wing populist, 21 Etagere, 23 Trump, 25/ 20 Boris Johnson, 26 Knot