CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Doctor came to e- mail for medicinal drink ( 8,3)
9 Reject European banker with cold statement of aims ( 5)
10 One offering bread to stay? ( 6,5)
11 Firm approved to prepare food? ( 4)
14 Workers need these also, empty lorries ( 5)
16 Starts to regret each mistake and deteriorate after improvement? ( 7)
17 Note artist grabbing a piece of jewelled headwear ( 5)
18 Fabled creature in summer mansion ( 6)
19 A fabric with diagonal lines whatever way one pleases ( 2,4)
22 Football coach with energy enthralled by Welsh footballer ( 5)
23 Unusual flak about alcoholic drink in Scottish town ( 7)
24 One taking article about independent fellow ( 5)
25 Military group from Northern Ireland in middle of Bute ( 4)
26 Indication shown by a group of right- wingers as parties to an agreement ( 11)
29 Discharge old directive principally in EU from the East ( 5)
30 A card game encountered around North in a shorter version? ( 11)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: 1 Astrophysicist 9 Horologist 10 Spar 12 Ruins 13 Encore 16 Norm 17 Empiricist 19 Loganberry 20 Vera 22 Urnful 23 Spool 26 Drip 27 Modigliani 28 Every single one
DOWN
1 Police officer caught overlooking work ( 3)
2 A great lot missing new guitarist ( 3)
3 Prominent changes about large area in small celestial body ( 5,6)
4 Make more cheerful moderate? ( 7)
5 Restrict Asian national, we hear, in a depressed state ( 3,4)
6 Something established by law in a court ( 3)
7 Fine liberal, a Frenchman touring EU capital, held up souvenirs ( 11)
8 Steadily competent operation followed by Mike similarly around November ( 11)
12 Rumble possibly source of excellence in native American dessert ( 5,6)
13 Enticing tutorials if in need of revision ( 11)
15 Theme, say, lot devised for old aristocrat’s residence ( 7,4)
20 One complaining with right about joint? ( 7)
21 On holiday, factory worker is not friendly ( 7)
26 In broadcast, notice body of water ( 3)
27 Element in Arctic essentially? ( 3)
28 Brood in area set aside in short ( 3)