CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pierce developed formula (6) 4 Yank entering troubled polar country (8)

9 Effect of burning anger in hasty retreat (9)

11 End of Sondheim song title from West Side Story (5)

12 Do the opposite of laugh last, breaking glass (7)

13 Trash container Hoffman placed around bee (7)

14 Small table in a church holding mobile half of a dining set (10) 17 Cold boy provided with clothing (4)

19 Giant, green in colour (4) 20 Back of the room taken up by upper half of a dining set (6,4) 23 South to be awarded $1000 job for stevedores (7)

25 Around Washington, collects porters (7)

27 Netflix series set in Missouri, Australia, and large boat (5) 28 Annoying items worn by a married cop? (9)

29 English economist adopting Old Testament themes (8) 30 Greek letter containing hint of tooth mark (6)

DOWN

1 Gives new coats to official

wizards (7)

2 Groom spiced dish (5)

3 Active participant in a party game having one idiosyncrasy (8)

5 Chose wrong depot (5)

6 Most subdued radio band in

experiment (6)

7 Soldier embracing a raunchy

Italian patriot (9)

8 Piece of literature made

scholarly (7) 10 Biblical sea storm engulfing

French island (7)

15 Soldier misplaced

year in log (9)

16 In broadcast,

Spain had a goal (7)

18 Bum treading slope (8) 19 Ottoman possesses

belt (7)

21 Pasta dish Turner stuffed with

dip (7)

22 Bit of gooey black fluid split

tree (6)

24 Risk losing bit of main area

under the roof (5) 26 Impressing a hockey

player (5)