CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Record one’s performance on the track, but is in no hurry (4,4,4) 9 May have to cut short copper, right at the end (7) 10 Stand firm when about to make sense of this (7) 11 Expect bargain-basement to be second rate (4) 12 Left some small particles behind with pride (5) 13 Suffer temporary lack of force producing dairy item (4) 16 It’s wrong to lodge for too long (7) 17 It was quite clear, having one day in a 28 across (7) 18 See the significance of 11 across, in good order (7) 21 Go off for a sail with me, in some discomfort (7) 23 Was there civil strife in an Olympic city, at the end? (4) 24 Keats managed to protect Pole in post (5) 25 As an afterthought, started to enter part of

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the church (4) 28 Record one’s poem as a slice of life (7) 29 Ham it up, having finished performance (7) 30 Those in charge of Texas, say, could well be

presidents (5,2,5) 2 Keep pace with a sailor, about to get a stone back (7) 3 Dash through the language centre (4) 4 It’s no-good, provided you begin to 19 down (7) 5 It’s an odd way to get in line (7) 6 Find part of a mainstay this month (4) 7 May magnify a small measure, followed by a big one (7) 8 Was about to pay workers on time for reinstallation (12) 9 Used open space to trade with EU members, in the past (6,6) 14 Cast off on a small voyage (5) 15 Need discipline for clearing the parade ground (5) 19 Find a lob, on the way back, is hard to stop (7) 20 Georgia led the runners, one understands (7) 21 Force old fellows to run away (4,3) 22 Indoctrinate a politician, having left worker behind (7) 26 Digest cut short a final passage (4) 27 Use study time in a hollow, at the end of 17 across (4)