The Herald Cryptic Puzzle

Cryptic No. 766 Answers in next Saturday’s Herald

ACROSS

1. Asian joke: about Danes mostly (8) 5. Has returned from coast: Sao Bernardo (6) 10. Free key to small motors (5) 11. Favorite semi-baltic cereal in undergarment (9) 12. Clear that Ace and a follower only took five (7) 13. Hank is upset about second Cree Indian god (7) 14. Manage well around North Dakota (6) 15. Enclose: “Some Danish Eat Herring” (7) 18. Doctors scan bod and depart (7) 21. Married daughter in barren city (6) 24. Do without bait, as odd angler #2 (7) 26. Cretins damaged tank! (7) 27. Lifeless but popular article, “One Spouse” (9) 28. Mid-point in play: star in motion (5) 29. Satisfying South African with ring (6) 30. Inevitably, another crop fee around river’s edge (8)

DOWN

1. Don Raj slip for country (6) 2. Supports last speed burst (9) 3. Cuddled son in “Web” and con- ducted (7) 4. Incomparable bit of mocha in pureed purees (7) 6. Opening in Rhode Island in “Of Hard Water” (7) 7. Quiet about fate of animal (5) 8. Located suit date misplaced (8) 9. Risks of vampire killers (6) 16. Term for tidy English jail, I hear (9) 17. Unpredictable changes to verse on silver sign (8) 19. Address for a trio on “junk” (7) 20. Name of badger? Billy, perhaps? (6) 21. Parcel includes, oh, German knife (7) 22. Female in Saudi staffroom (7) 23. Undependable 50% of trucks in French unit (6) 25. Sailor in “Busted Heart” launch (5)