LATERAL THINKING: CRYPTIC

Use the cryptic clues to solve this crossword with a twist.

ACROSS

1. Indecisive about the satin (8) 4. Tell in class (6) 8. Contribute some sketch I pinched (4,2) 9. It gets very attached to a ship’s bottom! (8) 12. Sets cups out for those accused (8) 13. Finish working and hit the sack (6) 14. Sobs at the tiny postscript (5) 16. One who attacks Alsatians roughly (9) 18. In stable, talking horse was established (9)

20. Majority of cassocks keep feet warm (5) 22. Exhausted supplies so dismissed batsman (3,3) 24. Bleached blonde as per rocks, I’d say (8) 27. Ventilates journey on tarmac (8) 28. Most painful so take it easy! (6) 29. Nurse to resist changes (6) 30. Poor rate of exchange for switchboard worker (8) DOWN 1. Bad writer observed blade (7)

2. They can’t find matches (9) 3. Corny kind of shirt custom (5) 5. Accommodation for those under orders (9) 6. Same wet characters are a lifesaver in the water (3,4) 7. Young chap in Bangladesh (3) 10. Standard measure which initially can’t prevent inflation (1,1,1) 11. Neat eruption in Sicily (4) 15. Diminutive figure sometimes called Oscar (9)

17. He has designs on other people’s places (9) 18. Intrusions in highways (7) 19. Title lost a little when debited (4) 21. Garment that makes you perspire (7) 23. And not indoors, even (3) 25. Love harsh stench (5) 26. Guys in groups begin live performance (3)