CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Thanks Mum! Received life force from virtual pet (10) 6 The same work introduces lurid emotions (4) 10 Prisoner to caper about on island with percussion instrument (5,4) 11 This man will not be fed by putting last food first (5) 12 Dark Age ego thick with stuff (6) 13 Sleepwear suitable for near heat (7) 15 Isn’t it true that space nest can be built? (4,2,3) 18 Easy to make brose which is not to be drunk (5) 19 Hard knocks (not on the head) may result in swellings (5) 21 Masonic section intended, they say, for putting money in the bank (9) 23 Perceives, I hear, alternative to Saxa (3,4) 24 Origins of embittered Chancellor (6) 27 Girl I care about (5) 28 On both sides, police covered an original tinkering with age (9) 29 Beat at return match of sport (4) 30 A new lease of life for orchestra section with lower status? (6,4)

DOWN

1 Hide away in food shop (4) 2 Mourn spoliation of Scottish mountain (5) 3 Vivid rig chap’s got up in (7) 4 Witness the man’s disappearance from being celebrated for looking like a doughnut ... (5) 5 ... his unmade creation having been made less brutal (9) 7 Board at Borders town, thence to one in Beds (9) 8 Rake matter over to discovered usual price (6,4) 9 Rides out over capital ground with sad songs (6) 14 Available to buy but deemed past sell-by date? (2,3,5) 16 Phonecard may prompt one company to be easy to deal with (9) 17 Friend finds a place to sit where it’s good to eat (9) 20 Egyptian amulet discovered in small capital, Semitic (6) 22 Was jubilant, getting back to plushy surroundings for first triumph (7) 24 Thus a luncheon voucher is included in destructive discharge (5) 25 Can one really get into the heads of dogs _ even one dog? (5) 26 Having been disposed of by lottery, airmen left, took to flight (4)