CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A substantial fairway can be quite eyecatching (6) 4 Grace appeared in 21 across, in prayer (8) 9 Team-mates, commonly, at the end defy blockade (6) 10 Men have to graft to cook up a trifle (8) 12 Did a girl attract a man to leave the New World? (5) 13 Order the massed ranks to study with concentration (9) 14 Drive into high explosive using an ancient weapon (7) 15 Impose a limit on spending, at the end. Up to a point (4) 19 Attempt to pass through the deepest abyss (4) 21 Waiting for employment in the military (7) 24 He told one to get organised when receiving benefit (2,3,4) 26 Did an outcast have to come back to make a stand? (5) 27 Not a little person, but one who is quite important (8) 28 One delivers high standards (6) 29 Wanting to get one runner, initially, signed up (8) 30 Get time off to rest in a retreat (6)

DOWN

1 Fitting an empty, trendy building (8) 2 Former priest left in charge, at one time, was quite outspoken (8) 3 Will try to have the last word, at the end (9) 5 It’s odd to make a mistake at one club (7) 6 Old rear gunner, initially, got a new instrument (5) 7 Inquire nicely about peacemaking (6) 8 Mention in passing that it’s not in good order (6) 11 Keep going in current campaign to ban plastic (4) 16 Did a game-bird leave a crest behind? (9) 17 Remove girl’s room in most of 22 down (8) 18 Understands how lies are made top secret (8) 20 Open up minor highway going back to Tyneside (7) 21 Stop the flow of blood from the last emergency operation (4) 22 Put up hard runner at Doncaster, initially (6) 23 Must arrange to get odds back at the end of play at the Oval (6) 25 Smouldering remains evident at the end of last month (5)