Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

1 Stop open, abnormal delay (8) 5 Plant left in shade (6)

10 Females of low note (9)

11 Pawnbroker who is a family

man (5)

12 Four reportedly with eastern

gin cocktail that’s exotic (7) 13 Record a few chapters in

registration document (7)

14 I did rant about island (8)

17 Beast, horniest monstrosity

set out (5)

19 Lizard will go round but not

start to peck (5)

21 Far-reaching sort of statement made by cleaners (8)

24 Overwhelm with work on

printing-machine (7)

25 One question about fire in

geological formation (7)

27 Port and orange (5) 28 Relaxed and tolerant, it might be harder on the way back (4,5)

29 Leader of band I go before

engineers on old vessel (6) 30 Welsh woolly (8)

DOWN

1 Hand over about 101 francs

initially to appease (6)

2 Fly round pole using asdic (5)

3 Left charge for allotment (7)

4 Some shiny long fabric (5)

6 Room on right for lazy person

(7)

7 Two boys from Australian state

(9)

8 Working free not, we hear, with

this (4,4)

9 Remove from slide, dog in

trouble (8)

15 & 16 Does this have the

ingredients for misfortune?

(6,3,8)

18 One fine piece of work, and

just as well (1,4,3)

20 Concerning a Royal Marine

bowling (7)

22 In deep lunge downward took

a dive (7)

23 Tediously prolong Welsh

symbol (6)

25 Quite lost in the main (2,3)

26 Not a novice falling during

dance (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Populate, 5 Ran off, 10 Nostalgia, 11 Anger, 12 Serpent, 13 Tidings, 14 Presents, 17 Nosed, 19 Eager, 21 Ringside, 24 Lamella, 25 Omnibus, 27 Since, 28 Legislate, 29 Duster, 30 Interest.

DOWN: 1 Punish, 2 Poser, 3 Leaders, 4 Tight, 6 Abandon, 7 Organised, 8 Fireside, 9 Partisan, 15 Regiments, 16 Normally, 18 Realised, 20 Relieve, 22 Senesce, 23 Aspect, 25 Organ, 26 Blade.