CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Sticks up for the notion of financiers being godparents (8) 5 See red over a green being developed (6) 10 Is cooking up an issue that’s very hard to deal with (3,6) 11 First lady had a day to avoid (5) 12 Sums up, when about to bring forward first service (7) 13 Passed on the message that common is to be covered in grass (7) 14 Lost sleep over old design, getting a new review (8) 17 Have to filter milk extract through a pipe (5) 19 Head off to win over someone, time and again (5) 21 Strong additive, in the end, was appreciated (8) 24 Reveals a long flat bone at the back of the boat with hesitation (7) 25 In some ways, is able to make armed incursions (7) 27 Left an article behind on a turning machine (5) 28 Herds break free when about to be picked up (9) 29 For a second time, boy started to get quite powerful (6) 30 Offers to get reporters to cover a hospital department (8)

DOWN 1 Odds on getting to present in some fields (6) 2 Choose a first class measuring device (5) 3 Get contract to build a bridge to dock (7) 4 Studies odds of being dropped from some large estates (5) 6 Might want the French doctor, initially, but was irritated by him (7) 7 Go at some speed, whatever happens (2,3,4) 8 It upsets me to be finishing up changing everything (8) 9 Take care of luxury car for Dior, having rearranged a passage (8) 15 Hire a gambler to try to make improvements (3,6) 16 Run away from the flags onto passenger ships (8) 18 Comforts others once loss is realised (8) 20 Is an old lady enthusiastic about some cotton cloth? (7) 22 About to run over cats and dogs, so gets reprimanded (7) 23 A team’s involved in by-play, at some stage (6) 25 Conclude that a raging fire, at new Orleans was abandoned (5) 26 A second layer could be very pale (5)