Cryptic Crossword

Across

1 Leave spring by oneself, like advice for a sleeping dog (3,4,5)

9 Shares out what’s in short

supply (7)

10 Characteristic alternative for

one committing treason (7)

11 A novice takes it back, right

outside, initially (4)

12 A little devil got inside

Monday Club meeting (5)

13 Able to progress, by making a

profit (4)

16 Finish up with a smaller amount, but can go on for ever (7)

17 Greets a senior officer (7)

18 Heard that some trousers can

cause agreement (7)

21 Be unconscious at the end of a

training period (4,3)

23 An old partner left a specialist with an impudent patient (4) 24 Health resorts feel a first

contraction (5)

25 Try, it's said to be present (4) 28 In the past, say, that was

enough , for instance (7)

29 A good Dane's handing out

topics to discuss (7)

30 Secure a place at the heart of

some enterprises (5-7)

Down

2 Passed through to have a place

in a sporting event (7)

3 Court the first man at a golf

club (4)

4 Pays attention to what's being

said (7)

5 Pursues court cases about

battles (7)

6 A test in Moral Philosophy (4)

7 Cut out part of a leaflet (7)

8 They give new direction to

fashion, for instance (5-7) 9 Corrupt people being responsible for tainted fruit (6,6)

14 Cheerful support of the Xmas

season (5)

15 Inform some pupils that a girl is to join them after church, initially (5)

19 Pull down the screen, in the

end, at some stage (7)

20 The very best of a chicken

dish (7)

21 Proceed for a long time in

transit, in the main (7)

22 Too much is expected of a

delayed delivery (7)

26 Pretend to be boxing in a bar

(4)

27 The top performers must be

the 20 down (4)