CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Prisoner fenced in by one organisation, behind closed doors (2,10) 9 Did a former pupil wait to celebrate? (7) 10 Drink to some engineers who are allpowerful (7) 11 Study session arranged in the Winter months (4) 12 After Bible class, little girl faced a challenger (5) 13 Rent out high explosive with a little resistance (4) 16 Had a hunch that fine-leg would be deployed (7) 17 Set off with a stayer, taking on a child’s pony (7) 18 Say something about any old iron (7) 21 Find dense European tree, originally, in a copse (7) 23 Exceedingly light (4) 24 Little boy ending up in 22 down, like old ruler (5) 25 Short protest march organised inside Momentum (4) 28 Was forced to declare when paid off (7) 29 Kelvin aspires to reach boiling points (7) 30 Put old weapon on banner, when blazing a trail (13)

DOWN

2 Was one without a father, at the end? Certainly not (2,5) 3 Turn back, about to follow a bugbear (4) 4 Wining and dining at banquet, in good order (7) 5 Girl’s aunt in Calais lacked energy, and was quite reserved (7) 6 Turn over some shorts in return, having afterthoughts (4) 7 Can be smoothing things out, at the end of the day (7) 8 Rebels take action to arrange festivities (12) 9 Is not working after leaving the Navy, for instance (3,2,7) 14 Help to embrace setter, as planned (5) 15 Watch a little girl lead an American soldier on line (5) 19 Topers run out of dark-brown drinks (7) 20 Lean on a leading Scottish banker (7) 21 May spill over to outwit the French (7) 22 Get nothing for old Scots coin returned to a foreign citadel (7) 26 Force about to engage, initially, can cut loose 27 Some academic characters drop promises to pay the boss