CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Stands down from the army when medic’s seen among society girls (6) 4 Level notice given as endless rope shows supplies descending from the sky (8) 9 Spared layout of variety of food (6) 10 Provide an outlet for cereal, but it comes expensive (2,1,5) 12 Heard next to less important track (1-4) 13 Early materials engineer claims the whole thing is a put-up job (9) 14 School dear cute eccentric without beginning of rationality (8) 15 Does old version cover period originally historic? (4) 19 Cry for place to sit back and receive prime entertainment (4) 21 Sends packing and waves good bye (4,3) 24 Concerned with smell of empty oilproducing plant (9) 26 Reviews stir up position on carbon (5) 27 Sweet fillings need real spin to blend (8) 28 WWI nurse to summon on victory day (6) 29 Drugs, the use of which does stir trouble (8) 30 Dies when station representative takes first

step (6) DOWN 1 Did presence of fur mean it was prevented from operating? (8) 2 Thanks to the French, I’ve had nearly enough _ be lenient (8) 3 Work really hard, get older, and still revert to the mean (2,7) 5 Insect found by a department of investigation at Rennie, say (7) 6 Fruit to contend with is not great, but ... (5) 7 ... another fruit has no limits to adulation (6) 8 When original rouge is applied, insignificant becomes good-looking (6) 11 Certainly (briefly) yes, it’s comic Danny (4) 16 Forth right ditch worker (9) 17 Mousicle found crushed in old building (8) 18 Departs on a boat, they say, going about, with booze to take away (3,5) 20 Begin to finish off money that’s been collected (7) 21 Husky russian consumed icelandic yogu rt (4) 22 Gosh, matter coming from wound in body (6) 23 Old fellow deceased in the recent past (2,4) 25 Marx brother’ s possession of elegance? Zero (5)