CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Apprentice lord has pop at rich older man (5,5) 6 Greek sits regularly for breather (4) 10 Rompers do this at bridge (9) 11 String found in wet muddle (5) 12 How a satyr may throw one off the path (6) 13 Lawyer’s in trouble over zero use of majestic plural (5,2) 15 Travel card’s taken to overnight stay where pearls may be discovered (6,3) 18 Boating enthusiast who’s jolly _ or badtempered (5) 19 Nails duty, we hear (5) 21 Initially see attack about yea-sayers (3,4,2) 23 Better a tart from head to foot (3,1,3) 24 Has fun swallowing tail tip of tropical fish (6) 27 Lunar year contains a single element (5) 28 Contract of apprenticeship regarding artful nippers (9) 29 Suppressed independence with wifely sacrifice (4) 30 Show friendly greeting to child’s toy (5,5)

DOWN

1 Small concessions for small actions (4) 2 Some horses eat on the move, it’s said (5) 3 Save after first fault called (7) 4 Friendship secured with girl having inbuilt sex appeal (5) 5 Raise doubts about validity of police chief’s funds (9) 7 Goes pale when I see total wreck (9) 8 They never went round with nothing that’s exactly what’s meant (3,4,3) 9 The old celebrity is circulated as one who never gives up (6) 14 Second person with extremely tough weapons seen at social centres (5,5) 16 Sophy can’t be transformed into flatterer (9) 17 Not to have issue with optimum initial entry to provoke (2,7) 20 Said to recognise balance in officers of the Raj (6) 22 Longed for change at year end (7) 24 Uses bike with bell to go round Germany (5) 25 I expect you to be mentioned at Christmas time (5) 26 Tax it’s removed in frivolous manner (4)