CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 PS: ought the raft to be broken up? (12) 9 Open Guinness and unwrap biscuit (7) 10 Old and new surrounded by healing plant (7) 11 Tot’s mother fed first rusk (4) 12 and 13 Post of Prince, they say (5,4) 16 Wild animals to return in search of soothing liquids (7) 17 Most profound scourge of Scottish river? (7) 18 Not very smart? In fact, weird (7) 21 False reply given by those in touch with the spirit world (7) 23 and 24 Laugh at nurse joining in informal gig (9) 25 Holy and looming over head of saint (4) 28 Genuine gin, spilt, gets set up again (7) 29 Salome, for example almost not influenced by conditioning (7) 30 Mistakes happen, but most hear ruin as catastrophe (2,3,2,5)

DOWN

2 Indulgent worker makes sweet paste (7) 3 Birds assume the reverse, but not as such (4) 4 A number of lecturers display sinews (7) 5 Arrangement or a bond that’s ready and willing (2,5) 6 This girl may have heart disease without an early indication (4) 7 Opera meets the French in proportion (2,5) 8 Fungus runners eg pay for (8,4) 9 Sell, we hear, to drug dealers in trousers (5,7) 14 Restrained jump (5) 15 Learn the cooking of kidneys (5) 19 Clever coal not used to remove heat (7) 20 He longs to be starting young and making money (7) 21 Older people who have risen so surprisingly (7) 22 One step up from kitchen-sink drama, perhaps, whichever way you look at it (3,4) 26 Sin of six at church (4) 27 Exercise game in South American country (4)