CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Instant mate after playing shows things achieved? ( 11)

9 Love following zest in Argentinian dance ( 5)

10 Hint about Australian initially in ballet in improbable fashion ( 11)

11 Female opera performer enthusiastic after making comeback ( 4)

14 Assumed name has a trip on water from the East ( 5)

16 Standard sign of approval for Glasgow neighbourhood ( 7)

17 Urge shown in group of newspapers? ( 5)

18 Relaxed temporary worker? ( 6)

19 Start of several concerns and fears ( 6)

22 Cancel a pair of notes by university lecturer ( 5)

23 Curiously retain guide ultimately for apprentice ( 7)

24 Go into headquarters in the US avoiding cold ( 5)

25 Talk in hard area in court ( 4)

26 Capable labs possibly creating sporty headgear? ( 8,3)

29 Around end of April, conserve ointment ( 5)

30 One treating elders? ( 4,7)

DOWN

1 Boxer taking part in sensational incident ( 3)

2 Leading sum of money put up ( 3)

3 Ill- considered new poster, official document and book put in French island? ( 11)

4 Military intelligence post making error ( 7)

5 Catching terrible bang around receptacle ( 7)

6 Filthy site leads to some traversing yard ( 3)

7 English in European group infused with energy for scientific discipline ( 11)

8 Story male’s concocted about sun or planets around a star ( 5,6)

12 Piece a class devised for person with unusual needs? ( 7,4)

13 Adequately smart pair seen shifting chart ( 11)

15 Excitedly cuts a parcel of an eye- catching sort ( 11)

20 Professional entertainer, one among varied treats ( 7)

21 Revered figure with gowns and flashing lights ( 7)

26 Gamble of most desirable sort with no end of possibilities ( 3)

27 Prompt line of people, it’s said ( 3)

28 Writing instrument half hidden in enclosure ( 3)