CITIZEN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Confrontational attitude at side of expert (4,2,4) 6 Creatures left session curtailed (4) 9 Spendthrift lets war become turbulent (7) 10 Player rose to grab orangutan in capital (7) 12 Introduce gift (7) 13 Initially criticize fluff by black musician (5) 15 Cuffs about to become shorts (7) 17 Dog left old town with actress (7) 18 Fashionable fort of Quebecois (1,2,4) 21 Wildlife artist began bandaging gnawed person (7) 23 Mix up the indignant (3,2) 24 From hunger, man yielded this place (7) 27 King's daughter made music finish backwards (7) 28 Useless commodity in alcohol. Drop experiment (3,4) 29 Speak rudely to small animal (4) 30 Hitler's elite troops entered resource for evaluation (10)

DOWN

1 Fuss over animal (4) 2 Unpleasant depression makes process pitifully short (4,3) 3 Converts there are few (5) 4 Financier first adapts, then fails (7) 5 Diminutive officer covers a hole in Roman temple (7) 7 Belgian meat all over Michigan (7) 8 and 26 A wetter, English variety of steamy weather (10,4) 11 Hoarder will stuff squealer (4,3) 14 Discard piles of waste collections (5,5) 16 Collapsed when first finger severed (7) 19 Reaches saint at assembly (7) 20 Birds get seal ruffled (7) 21 Nude keeps fish in product identifier (3,4) 22 Can European get festive post? (7) 25 Audibly helps assistants (5) 26 See 8 down