CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Will join a new team, but with some resignation (4)

3 Pretend to play a part, at some stage (3,2,2,3)

10 Although peer drops out, he still made good (9)

11 Start to speak out at length, or at the end (5) 12 After cuts, including last line, moves right along (5)

13 In Georgia, runner comes down to earth on decks (8)

15 Stretch of level ground, left saturated in the main (3-4) 17 North-eastrunnertookshelterunder canvas, as relaxation (7)

19 Was defeat at Waterloo his just desserts? (7) 21 Concentrate, in order to find a way to cross a river (7)

22 One lined up, at the end, point by point (2,6) 24 A new attempt, at last, to produce a metal bar (5)

27 Diplomat cut short by one writer’s last words (5)

28 Did a girl get more upset? Nonsense (9) 29 Afterdiscontenteddebate,emissariesmet some deputies (10)

30 Got an impression from a type of unwoven fabric (4)

DOWN

1 Some flexible workers, at the end, get a raise (10)

2 Greek publisher found at the start of 7 down (5)

4 When at university, have just claim, to be fair (7)

5 Determined to be regulated, as charged (7) 6 Have a spell right away, initially, in a marketplace (5)

7 One group took on a little boy, then deserted him (9)

8 Come across, in retreat, although jampacked (4)

9 Pioneers had to find a position for the French (8)

14 Take offence with soldiers having little time for vengeance (10)

16 Evil demon written up in cheap book in the US (4,5) 18 Closing the boundary at the end of the line (8)

20 In the main, worry about a bank of fog (3-4) 21 Use a long line, say, to run round with brisk movement (7)

23 Getting by with oriental ruler, at the end (5) 25 Good lawyer, initially, with order from the Crown, is on the ball (5)

26 Was told about a disappearing 2 down of

livestock (4)