Glasgow Times

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- BENBECULA

ACROSS

1 Undertake with excessive effort to prepare lunch, say, with starters of oily fish (4,1,4,2)

9 Asian country favoured with support from the East (5)

10 Twin reached out for warm jacket (11)

11 This may provide gymnast with challenge and smile (4)

14 Activity of those who take off secure in a glider principall­y (5)

16 Widely proclaim politician engaged in genuine end to disagreeme­nt (7)

17 Bury part of main terminolog­y (5)

18 Sophistica­ted bar needing renovation in summer period? Not intially (6)

19 Do without fuel? (6)

22 Fliers left places of refuge? (5)

23 Pretentiou­s old rubbish shown by a French director (7)

24 Entice casual worker with last part of contract (5)

25 Unauthoris­ed disclosure in Staffordsh­ire town, we hear (4)

26 What reformists seek, perhaps, in silver? (5,6)

29 Latin dance additional­ly restricted in South America (5)

30 One anonymousl­y providing work for another? (11)

DOWN

1 Cut instant in hearing (3)

2 Endlessly considerat­e family (3)

3 Monastic cap is designed for a subsidiary performer? (11)

4 Raise foreign article on tax dividing Europeans (7)

5 Top room in outskirts of Lockerbie has grille (7)

6 Tree is stable largely (3)

7 Daring commercial opening by American covering our ground (11)

8 Strongly criticise leading society sharks (11)

12 A time associated with totally enjoyable experience in a state of maximum activity (2,4,5)

13 Club man rued changes in Scottish town (11)

15 Vigour chef recreated about dessert finally? It could be present (4,7)

20 Posh doctor detained by delay over old back problem (7)

21 Celebrity permitted small piece of paper (7)

26 Decline in southern silver (3)

27 Fool from military group losing head (3)

28 Make a mistake in another region (3)

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