CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Talk about space needed for an on-line discussion (4,4)

5 Dark beer suitable for a gate-keeper, for instance (6)

10 Arrives, up to a point, with a work of art (9) 11 Was bold enough to have faced up to the challenge (5)

12 Learn, eg, how to produce expansion (7) 13 The final model in charge can be quite flexible (7)

14 Stake out place to act as a reception area (8)

17 One artist left a democratic party over slander (5)

19 Make people do what 18 down tells them (5) 21 Pointed out how things should be done at board level (8)

24 Set out some articles to include one, at the end (7) 25 Well done, at short notice, in display of some swagger (7)

27 To destroy something can take a long time, by the end (5)

28 One dropping out of retinues left behind in ecstasy (9)

29 Look over a small amount, coming back quite composed (6)

30 There’s nothing abstract about some building material (8)

DOWN

1 A visitor might get fresh north of the Border (6)

2 Top athlete dropped from a yearbook had to cancel (5)

3 Is about to wait for a substitute to get booked (7)

4 Hold forth in a highly decorated room (5) 6 Extra dance might suit an eccentric character (7)

7 Have to go on board, and on deck (9)

8 Are cars laid up to suit some reformers? (8) 9 Is about to judge, with little hesitation, the role of saviour (8)

15 Tend to be forced, we hear, to act as a child’s servant (9)

16 Strange people at times have to accept the leftovers (8)

18 Run into workplaces with some force (8) 20 Have equal time over one day. That’s obvious (7)

22 Pupils have one chance to start a standard work (7)

23 To block the entrance to a game takes some courage (6)

25 A comic can live with a small number (5) 26 Heard about a way to gain access to worship (5)