CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Religious characters have a great deal to follow their guides (6) 4 Get along somehow to make an emergency takeoff (8) 9 Entangle one’s partner on return; it’s not right (6) 10 Said to crop up at random (8) 12 Left a runner, say, coming back. Is at liberty to (5) 13 Wrong methods, we’re told, still take precedence (9) 14 Made certain one paid up (7) 15 Put a cover on old swimming pool (4) 19 In short, officer had right to cut things back (4) 21 Act as a substitute for two types of fabric (7) 24 Give the directors leeway in a place decisions are made (9) 26 To bring up something extra is essential (5) 27 Get round a German province with eastern shrub (8) 28 Copper most unlikely to observe tradition (6) 29 Girls are inclined to see first spreads (8) 30 At last, make a mistake in fear and trembling (6)

DOWN

1 It’s unprecedented to do without the House of Lords (8) 2 Former pupil left to wipe things out. It’s understandable (8) 3 Did a salesman have an old Morris model? (9) 5 Excellent stock found in the seat of power (7) 6 Come to terms, about to be accepted by mature characters (5) 7 A common fellow, say, had a Spanish wineshop (6) 8 Box things up in organised seance (6) 11 Pass over top dog, being unfriendly (4) 16 Change flight on embarkation to make an escape (9) 17 Crates, in turn, appear in a different box (8) 18 A saviour had to be faithful to the Queen (8) 20 Forge ahead to make progress on the course (7) 21 Tear around, right in front of a politician (4) 22 An American woman seen overseas (6) 23 Look after last patients with massage (6) 25 Some studies, at the end, can be quite impenetrable (5)