CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Paint farm animal encountered around back of cabin (7) 5 Yellowish-pink rice left unfinished in a kettle (7) 9 One of the Stooges embracing the sixth film (5) 10 Reverse-colour pictures, for example, taken by locals (9) 11 Pink state of wheels? (9) 12 The guy with Ann returned hair colouring (5) 13 In excavation, old colouring matter (6) 14 Classes at painting, sculpture, etc. retracted (6) 18 Mere GI breaking rule (6) 20 Al Pacino halfway through with a wool supplier (6) 24 Lose tension, like long stories (5) 26 Treatment of a top tooth is something tough to handle (3,6) 27 Endure one Mafia boss going after thug (2,2,3,2) 28 Substituted paint finish (3,2) 29 Misleads tender-feet about the Spanish (7) 30 Moderately warm, bright colour for title character Pierce (7)

DOWN 1 Rock note held by Deep Purple? (6) 2 Ruling verging on crazy (9) 3 Colour of a fantastic city in ephemeral daydream (7) 4 Hergé cartoon hero’s given green colourings (8) 5 Silver transformed garnet (6) 6 Teeth in a set chatter badly (7) 7 Group of witches around roasting place (5) 8 Chuck eating small amount with a Mexican dish (8) 15 White flower behind a research site (9) 16 Anticipated hype by editor about herb (8) 17 A container wrapped in purplish and silvery colour (8) 19 Brownish-yellow ooze covering name on a marquee (7) 21 Wild partying, after the initial excitement (7) 22 Underworld getting behind school’s primary colours (6) 23 Charitable about one Italian opera composer (6) 25 Threatening sound from grey bird of prey (5)