CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 White piece of cake the guy covered with vanilla (8) 5 Snowman tailored for pigpen (6)

10 Slice outside of doughnut with Italian white candy filling (7) 11 Returned thick white cheese in silky material (7)

12 Polar ice refreshed with new white stuff (9)

13 Booth’s play for time (5) 14 Employer sure restructured (4) 15 Tramping about carrying a white-feathered bird (9) 18 Hearing something shot, pull plant with white berries (9) 20 Small, pale white bird (4) 23 White mineral’s rich alkaline content? (5)

25 White flower behind a research site (9)

27 In hotel, a stickler’s flexible (7) 28 Funny decal in northern country (7)

29 Look at the stew (6)

30 Pale hue, for example green, signals primarily misery (8) DOWN

1 Bulging at the start,

I flexed pecs and arm muscles (6) 2 Listened to a chord’s harmonies (7) 3 Prisoner restricted in wild discussion (9) 4 Additional period includes variable time (5) 6 Articulated hoods and frilly collars (5)

7 Report trailing that lady for nine yards? (7) 8 Relaying changes for youngster (8) 9 Period encompassing single division of prehistory (5,3) 15 Wrong chapter about right Italian poet (8)

16 Stale scum corrupted white wines (9)

17 Salt manufacturers pocketing 100 dollars (8)

19 Wise about wood wetting (7) 21 Expert, gaining tense backing, put in motion (7) 22 Dictated restraint for one getting married (6)

24 Draw behind the first boat (5) 26 Impressing a hockey player on the side (5)