CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sign of authority on a Hebridean island ( 6)

4/ 27 Stays near Ulster, he unexpectedly plays fair ( 6,2,3,5)

9 Smashed a crate holding up series of shops

( 6)

10 Non- idyll, knitting tank top ( 5,3)

12 Dufftown product heads many official ratings the longest, and consistently highest ( 8)

13 Capital briefly holding extremely pretty ancient manuscripts ( 6)

15/ 19 Musician heard to stuff slippery pig meat ( 4,10)

16 See 5 Down

20 Quartet – a lead character in book starts to become annoying ( 4)

23/ 25 Transport service bowl after share- out ( 6,8)

27 See 4

28 Painter to draw in central Kashmir, a flower ( 6)

29 Complicated dealings leading to fight in Glasgow ( 8)

30 Inventor returns without pretension ( 6)

DOWN

1 Performing past master set out night- time guide ( 4,3)

2 Mains electricity lead – one working as instrument of 15 Ac, 19 Ac ( 9)

3 Racket with strings held by 21Dn ( 6)

4 Pedagogues appear a bit impatient ( 4)

5/ 16 Band of 21Dn playing UHF: Oh boy, let’s go! ( 4,2,3,5)

6 Loiter outside lavatory, having lost the plot ( 8)

7/ 22 Band of 15Ac 19Ac playing extremely lively wild airs, including last waltz ( 5,6)

8 Language course homework written up first ( 7)

11 If around Clydesdale Banks, go back and see initial frozen mists ( 3,4)

14 Exchanges sides after unusually sharp words ( 7)

17 Belgian Jacques in a slum, drunk, held up in bad weather ( 9)

18 Self- satisfied, coming back after victory at end of game with sweets ( 4,4)

19 See 26

21 Musician essential to getting back Slovenia by landslide ( 3,4)

22 See 7

24 Rubbish tips close to home in German river ( 5)

26/ 19 Want investment? Patience, lad, somehow ( 4,7)