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)