CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Raincoat man in garden leaving coat on road? (7)

5 Hurry runner going down by door? (4,3)

9 Oceanic land developed by Lana Turner and 18Ac 8Dn? (10,5)

10 Used to trouble, chucked out (6)

12 Pretty Italian fish (6)

13 One who teams oxen on the Renfrew Ferry (5)

15 Trilogy’s villainous title character with a bad eye (6)

16 Sent out the in the wrong way - overrode US signalling (6)

17/5D A page-turner requires silver spectacles alarm (1,4,4)

18/8 Scottish builder halted storm of abuse (6,7)

19 Back-up register containing records of sacred music (6)

21 Perhaps present is tightly strung (5)

22 Categorical refusal to admit central Burma is a country (6)

24 Gesture of twins perhaps leading to logical conclusions (6)

28 Practised by 1Ac and 8Dn taking motor through rocky Rio Grande (4,11)

29 Manipulate concentration time (7)

30 See 25 Down

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across: 9 Unbuttons, 10 Idols, 12 Doctor No, 13 Nausea, 14 Lozenges, 17 Ceilidhs, 19 Scotia, 21 No desire, 23/11 Scarab beetle, 25 Ma foi, 26 Front axle, 27 Endorsements

DOWN

1 Tiny measures of crimson cocktail (7)

2 Southey’s massive nickname for 8Dn (8,2,5)

3 Get away from Kansas City (5)

4/11 Russian fighter getting close to action before extremely dodgy, unpleasant period in China (4,7)

5 See 17 Across

6 Folks’ cries regularly come back to sadist (5)

7 Link between banks - badly misuse an OAP’s money (5,10)

8 See 18 Across

11 See 4

12 Things you come across, like 8Dn’s 7Dn, Craigellachie and Bannockburn (7)

14 Famous immediately in Heart of Darkness (5)

18 Starts to tear about, noisy toddler really upset mother (7)

20 French glassmaker without question has good start to top division (2,5)

23 District containing national stadium (5)

25/30 Interpreted a nice ballad with last dance on best possible footing (5,7)

26 Unguided now and then, coming out at Peterhead (4)

27 Cut bread rolls up (4)

STAPLETON

Down: 2 Subreguli, 3 Hot flue, 4/7 Wood floor, 5 Rashomon, 6 Thistle, 8/1/18 A Scots rabble is the worst of its kind, 9 Urban economy, 15/24 Get Brexit Done, 16 Short for, 20 Cocotte, 22 Defoe