CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It’s great to be included in fun company (4) 3 Worker chosen to perform a particular task (4-6) 10 May need to have a rest, and still come out quits (5,4) 11 One day, first year got long line of pastoral verse (5) 12 Bound to have left one American institute (5) 13 He could be an ordinary seaman, or a senior officer (8) 15 Is annoyed by lack of the French degree (7) 17 Some seats of power may lack energy, replaced by good crowds (7) 19 Can seed be sorted out before being boxed up (7) 21 Are getting overtime, at first, for a public performer (7) 22 At university, in short, poetry can embrace the whole wide world (8) 24 Heading off, leaves a projecting edge up top ... (5) 27 ... and get overall designed for a stage projecting into the auditorium (5) 28 Cabaret laid on for group, at the end of the day (9) 29 See men crop up in order to make amends (10) 30 Give up a small part of an office development (4)

DOWN

1 Unstable, but band got a new clue worked out (10) 2 Only the best rise to the top in a dairy (5) 4 Guided one, at short notice, and competed with a top side (7) 5 Might one look down in the mouth at work? (7) 6 Heard a dialect one day on the Isle of Man (5) 7 Openers carry weight as the linchpins of the Bridge (9) 8 Was a simpleton left in a spot? (4) 9 Knocks down nine or ten of them in an alley (8) 14 Supposed to get round prudent characters on time (10) 16 Unusual type was a bit over the top (9) 18 About to negotiate with son, but backs off (8) 20 With no small measure, trial led to imprisonment, in the past (7) 21 Vindicates turn out of some drives for good (7) 23 Some have no more ill will (5) 25 Gain profit from import at the asking price (5) 26 First foreign broadcast was quite evenhanded (4)