Cryptic Crossword

Across

1 Posed for one, about to employ

sarcasm, etc (6)

4 A leading lady left in good order

with a black bird (8)

9 Staff took a long time to handle

things (6)

10 In principle, we're told to want

it at great haste (8)

12 Did a second side make use of

power? (5)

13 Deal with a fit of rage, at the

end, to be moderate (9)

14 Left a new tree growing up. It's

everlasting (7)

15 Certain to find hidden treasure,

at the end (4)

19 Stinging insects heading off with some venomous snakes (4)

21 About to unite over the train

(7)

24 It was the wrong period, so no longer valid (3,2,4)

26 Have too many on time when

open to view (5)

27 Let a good one develop in

order to grow larger (8)

28 Display on the ground, in

procession (6)

29 In concert, has to capture a

girl (8)

30 Made things smooth, or worn

out by use (6)

Down

1 Seem set, right away, to

undertake a period of study (8)

2 Offered to work at the right

price (8)

3 Groups of troops joined 29

across in large numbers (9)

5 Mothers designed a new

vacuum flask (7)

6 A long, narrow crest in

Ambridge, say (5)

7 Is old pub being used to to display places of equal pressure? (6)

8 Prevented free expression of

the press, etc (6)

11 Left, at the end, coming back,

with other things (2,2)

16 Have a good reason to share

out drink (9)

17 Act on one another in the

interlude, at some stage (8)

18 Yes, have new trees growing

up the day before (8)

20 Feel alarm, beginning with the

French (7)

21 Has the freedom to grow a

type of grass (4)

22 Sharpens things up, at the end,

to be true (6)

23 Powerful point having great

effect (6)

25 Growing some fruit, with high tension, and ready for action (5)

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