CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hermit’s expert article on living? (10)

6 Source of Chardonnay – a very American drink (4) 10 Picked up post and something for dinner (5)

11 Cooked most of tripe and onion, getting wine (5,4)

12 Dry and press one, before short visit (8)

13 Rejecting free article must be a low point (5)

15 Be left in the air, struggling with no answer (7)

17 Travels after poor exam grades for mocks (7)

19 Note intended to keep detective (7)

21 Crazy way out covered by rent (7)

22 Small Oval ground producing such an outburst (5)

24 Hand in notice, besieging editor for new plan (8)

27 By and large at sea? (2,3,4) 28 Daughter’s after dainty fabric (5)

29 Peer who’s almost unprotected (4)

30 Privately friendly, hugging Queen and heir (10)

DOWN

1 Expense of keeping son in bed (4)

2 A plug may be so discovered (9) 3 Voucher for purchase of no real value (5)

4 Whip accepting work with Young Conservatives is an imitator (7) 5 Worm found by queen once on hat (7) 7 Enthusiastic about love, duck? (5)

8 Taken out of the picture? (10) 9 Cooking in gas, try fish (8)

14 Letter supporting Germany is lacking consideration (10) 16 Argued about when on weed regularly (8)

18 Cheating before spring, and making good progress (5,4) 20 Short term career making patio (7)

21 Sign off after concealed beatings (7)

23 Time must be invested in genuine uprising in due course (5)

25 Pants regularly found in wrong material (5)

26 Energy drink gets youth initially nervous (4)