CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Second half of side set free on purpose (10) 6 Weight of cask? I looked into it (4) 10 They are compulsory for the players (9) 11 and 12 Offered for sale outdoors perhaps (2,3,6) 13 Of weddings, platinum possibly cut short (7) 15 A defensive place, one with gold, one with more convincing reason (1,8) 18 Stray in the snow (5) 19 Note a word of amusement was included on lake in America (5) 21 Permissible range of variation of remarkably clear note (9) 23 Rear train (7) 24 Cheat the tearaway (3,3) 27 Said I otherwise had included dolt (5) 28 Uniform colour a lovebird smudged (5-4) 29 Way we turned over cook (4) 30 That settles it, they lived happily ever after (3,2,5)

DOWN

1 Not much of a fall (4) 2 Insects’ underlips found in Iowa after party (5) 3 Take a chance, about to take a chance with beef (7) 4 Make a response to “Play it again” (5) 5 Train line diverted for third anniversary (9) 7 Sixth sense in teaching? (9) 8 Do not seal envelope so that all can see it (4,6) 9 Tripod collapsed whilst asleep (6) 14 Eats inside suffering in Malay Archipelago (4,6) 16 and 17 What heads is to tails (5,4,2,3,4) 20 Fairness in the union (6) 22 Hold back engineers and reporters (7) 24 Right greeting getting refusal from animal (5) 25 Almost didn’t remember to give something up (5) 26 Lady coming from church having no energy (4)