DAILY PUZZLES PAGE

ACROSS

1 Get a seat when prepared to stand (6) 4 Four repeatedly out rustling (4-4) 9 Literary type with a leaning to the right (6) 10 Distributes striking proclamation (5,3) 12 Turning a list into new form (8) 13 Device for making bits smaller, or larger, we hear (6) 15 Temporarily leave the football pitch (4) 16 Traffic prohibited by law (10) 19 Commanding individuals with important roles to play (7,3) 20 Vain and averse to work (4) 23 Farewell, thank you for the dance (6) 25 Motorists waiting for a chance to pass (8) 27 Like a shattering snore by a worker? (8) 28 He hopes to find you well (6) 29 Handed over and retired (6,2) 30 Ordinary seaman has to look after Belgian port (6)

DOWN

1 Sole support for a jockey (7) 2 A riot breaks out about fresh tart in foreign restaurant (9) 3 Turns out not to one’s choice (6) 5 Switch round a route (4) 6 To give insufficient money upsets any prude (8) 7 Rod, pole or perch (5) 8 It’s possibly true Ted said (7) 11 Term used in a division, or in a branch, of local government (7) 14 Guided a horse holding half the rein (7) 17 Letter-opener? (9) 18 I’d take up a position some way away (8) 19 It was in form when young (7) 21 Determined, though certain to come in last (7) 22 New wars or old weapons (6) 24 Given rotten roles - he can’t win (5) 26 Not in favour of a hard worker being put over one (4)