CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 See 26 Down

4 Low-quality buzz for Spooner, partially unfeeling (4-4)

9/5 Lieutenant with blade during lulls produces rallying cry (4,2,4)

10 Upset tummy in midair is protection from disease (8)

12 See 15

13 Carrying oak, a ship passes world’s longest suspension bridge (6)

15/12 Romanian gull flaps to Derek’s brother, also in 8Dn 21Dn (4,8)

16 Hit by 8Dn 21Dn, past organ carrying book while bishop hid in tree (3,3,4)

19 Hit by 8Dn 21Dn, depend on 15Ac engaged in switching sides (5-1-4)

20/30 Two fifths of NHS utter chaos? (4,6)

23 Reach Glasgow terminal instead of Central Station in two pieces (6)

25 Grand Othello performance? Awa’ n bile yer heid! (2,2,4)

27 Wanderer outside of nothing to keep the rain off (4,4)

28 Stick with little company in this place (6)

29 Fund defenders to get financial returns (8)

30 See 20

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across: 1 Chemists 5 Scream 10 Renown 11 Aerosols 12,9 Bayeux Tapestry 14 Identified 18 Relativity 22,8dn Carbon Monoxide 23 Masthead 24 Origin 25 Shinbone 26 Setter 27 Odysseys

DOWN

1 Hearing-aid field support for evacuated bus (7)

2 With medulla, controller of involuntary action at Bologna (9)

3/22 Every Second Counts not the occasion for defeat (2,4,2,4)

5 See 9 Across

6 Guitarist for 8Dn 21Dn could make King Lear fun! (8)

7 Hands or feet could be used nearly interchangeably to smash heads (5)

8/21 Band base it on electronic limousines, so it’s said (3,4,7)

11 Bishop unfriendly about the French Tour de France racer (7)

14 A group working in desert (7)

17 Browbeat one mentioning secret reparation (9)

18 Caledonian invader capturing independent officer in Indian city (8)

19 Tear on cheeks getting pleasure cruise (3,4)

21 See 8

22 See 3

24 Make love to, on limits of decency, 8Dn 21Dn guitarist (5)

26/1A Les McKeown upset long-suffering comic entertainers? (4,6)

MACBETH