Harpy's Weekend Crossword

Across

1. Permanent cry of success at medical laboratory? (6)

4. Noise men whipped up for candidates (8)

9. Stitch uterus in operation (6)

10. Loaded or otherwise in place of great wealth, as Guyana is called (2,6) 12. Mysterious coteries formed (8)

13. Excerpt from Caesar on Gallis garment (6)

15. Number of animals housed initially by flood survivor (4)

16. Narcotics bust involving a person from San Jose, perhaps (5,5)

19. Top actress playing for on-lookers (10)

20. Soup prepared for work (4)

23. Part of journey to finish in story

(6)

25. Broken beer mugs in sink (8)

27. Formal agreement with shrink (8) 28. Device wrongly tagged (6)

29. Carefully examined any leads broken (8)

30. Sculpture right out of prominence (6)

Down

1. Oriental festival on first of November (7)

2. Reason to share drink (9)

3. Army officer reportedly at centre of things (6)

5. Capital distributed evenly by consultor (4)

6. Adroitly handled hero-worship (8) 7. Lover at Olympus embracing Greek myth (5) 8. Thug not to mess with this weapon (7)

11. Slice of apricot tart and cheese (7) 14. I left terminus, breaking a bone (7) 17. Proper support for journalist’s text can stop others using it (9)

18. Ocean predator straying around (8) 19. Island turned back first-class religious sects (2,5)

21.Respect lively spirit (7)

22. Harpy’s having role to communicate (6)

24. Michigan jailbird in possession of drug (5)