CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Employees on a deserted island ( 6)

4 Boy returning to middle of nowhere in tranquil village north of Brora ( 8)

9 Central European occasionally shirty on middle of one’s forehead ( 7)

11 Love of pip’s taken from grapes tell all ( 7)

12 Wood producer closer to Aberdeen makes timber objects ( 5)

13 Go back and revise lunar effect ( 4)

14 Dam wall eroding in river sources ( 4)

16 Weirdly, he’s on internet – unknown, a complete nobody ( 5,9)

19 Organised accession lists for group of composers ( 14)

23 Bunch of little rascals is possessing politicians ( 4)

24 Sumerian god covered in soap suds ( 4)

25 Fish – ray caught round source of river ( 5)

27/ 2 A pal at university broadcast the alert for weekend runner ( 7,7)

28 Scottish icon starts to have effect – heart- broken ( 7)

29 Potent opioid found in Brooklyn at nefarious tip ( 8)

30 Broadcaster goes round pub needing a good feed ( 6)

DOWN

1/ 10 This cast no disarray on semi- conventional poll- winners ( 8,8,5)

2 See 27 Across

3 See 21Dn

5 End, hereabouts, for constituents of 19Dn 3Dn ( 8,5)

6 Musical acts performing ( 4)

7 Starts to act immediately with lieutenant protecting soldiers creating disorder ( 7)

8/ 22 I’m up securing locks to boycott 21Dn 3Dn’s deputy ( 6,5)

10 See 1Dn

15 Nothing to do with spasm of the ear ( 4)

17 Stagger something very stable ( 4)

18 Failure to begin job – starts to make excuses, empty rhetoric at the end of day, so beg forgiveness ( 3,5)

20 Clarify why former partner is not gorgeous ( 7)

21/ 3 Pace set by chicken, shrewd names for house leader ( 7,5)

22 Chanteuse has left with starter of fried rice dish ( 6)

25 See 8 Dn

26 Lad character in film gobbled up cheese ( 4)