CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Virgil’s phrase was coined, giving you the edge? (5,2,7) 9. Wounded sailor beset by mounting liabilities (7) 10. They will eradicate electric shavers, we hear (7) 11. Wreck a fifteen-a-side game in the second half (4) 12. Forces way in – but wearies (5) 13. Top man thinking to sustain a slight loss (4) 16. Periodical food provided for birds (7) 17. Young actress the Spanish upset during opening (7) 18. Uneasy over sun eruption (7) 21. Turn to welcome a tragic visitor to Cyprus (7) 23. Where armoured vehicle stores its fuel? (4) 24. Set one’s sights on reforming media (5) 25. Mark’s in view! Duck! (4) 28. Northern ruler captures an old Chinese capital (7) 29. Revel in a gambling game – it’s a hotchpotch! (7) 30. Discouraged after one round? No fear (7,7)

DOWN

1. Showing one’s prejudices to underworld villain to a large extent by a small noise (14) 2. Pursuing an engraving art (7) 3. Help suppressing bachelor’s sounds of sorrow (4) 4. Working outside is not exciting (7) 5. Vain plea to the profligate (7) 6. Noah’s son returns with a child’s nurse (4) 7. Daniel follows the book – his (7) 8. Both the dials go wrong – this you must see! (1,5,2,6) 14. Turn in part to a zealot (5) 15. Woodworker makes strip of wood come to a point (5) 19. Make arrests prior to meet (3,4) 20. Tiny piece of insect trapped in tin (7) 21. Given too much to be dealt with internally (7) 22. Thrash a doctor in the fifinal (7) 26. Reduced period of darkness approaching (4) 27. What may be spoken in Jaipur during festivals (4)