CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1/30 Thanks for the frankness, which unfortunately ate into speech therapy (10,3,7)

6 Sign of something wrong with mothers near the end of the year (4)

10 See 26 Down

11 Cataract formed after crashing into barrier (9)

12 Biscuits as crumbly treat eaten by Parisian chum (8)

13 Choral composition is a test, and not in English (5)

15 Extended ban for former steel community in North Ayrshire (7)

17 See 21

19 Swot touring North Island university is brainbox (7)

21/17 Log off hall scam involving Ross-shire 11Ac (5,2,7)

22 Starts to sing along grabbing film star (5)

24 Hollywood ending - abandoning casual romance for marriage (8)

27 Secretly log aces enough to return very recently (3,3,3)

28 Regularly burn up air creating 11Ac near Blair Atholl (5)

29 See 26 Down

30 See 1

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1/16 Member back from holiday with newly-weds, touring Georgia fighting groups (4,8)

2 Happy endings for country with burning desire (9)

3 Facilitator at festival, forgetting the time (5)

4 Where to put dehydrated food mix, wet with rain (2,5)

5 Church support –object when it’s pocketed (7)

7 Thaw embracing central part of Endeavour on Skye 11Ac (5)

8 Blow the whistle on movement involving long break in workday (5,5)

9 Drily amusing accepting drink as intro for big announcement (4,4)

14 Initially unhappy in dangerous location, as 11Ac near Pitlochry (5,5)

16 See 1

18 Because course includes French help (2,7)

20 A scam he organised at 11Ac south of Loch Broom (7)

21 Starts to feel a little Awe, perhaps, having left Stirlingshire 11Ac (7)

23 Clandestine cinematographer captures return of old tribe (5)

25 Logical conclusions of veto related to Scotland (5)

26/10/29 Chalice containing my Easter cocktail in 11Ac near Moffat (4,5,4)