CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Socialist soccer player (4-6) 6 The favourite is making no effort we hear (4) 10 Do a rough job of cleaning (5) 11 Touching on a combination with an indifferent result (9) 12 Spring a lock outside and make an entry unlawfully (8) 13 After a drink half the band provide dance music (5) 15 She killed herself out of shattered hope and returning trouble (7) 17 Showed no respect and ate greedily (7) 19 We yearn for change at the beginning of January (3,4) 21 Unusual glee shown after getting a pass in school (7) 22 Dark disturbing thing (5) 24 Neat and honest (8) 27 Not bubbly but nevertheless a grape product (5,4) 28 Transport from the East is not in time (5) 29 One doesn’t have to have it (4) 30 Payment for one episode of a serial (10)
Down
1 Getting drunk? That’s rich! (4) 2 Down-to-earth entertainment? (5,4) 3 Factory labours (5) 4 Falls for a redhead once more and uplifted (7) 5 How time flies! (7) 7 Churned up mud at the starting line (5) 8 Their union offers security (4,3,3) 9 A cleaner fuel that draws well (8) 14 It’s bright and early (7,3) 16 Speak falsely yet be quiet! (3,5) 18 Newcomer with a healthy complexion (5,4) 20 Badly run, as is this East Slavonic language branch (7) 21 Running dog on hire (7) 23 A leading publication? (5) 25 Thought the trainee perfect (5) 26 Cried quietly in the rain (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Rashness (10) 6 A pace (4) 10 Had (5) 11 Deliberately misleading (9) 12 Deeply respectful (8) 13 Paper money (5) 15 Scheme (7) 17 Gather from various places (5,2) 19 Survive (4,3) 21 Reinforce (7) 22 A gambling game (5) 24 Keep in good condition (8) 27 Without restraint (9) 28 Perfect (5) 29 At the proper time (4) 30 An aid to plant production (10)
DOWN
1 Heathen god (4) 2 Unwieldy (9) 3 Excessive (5) 4 Himalayan mountain (7) 5 Oppose (7) 7 Implied but not said (5) 8 Having nothing in common (5,5) 9 Ultimate (8) 14 Bewitched (10) 16 Operated at a profit (8) 18 Harm (9) 20 Drinking glass (7) 21 Steady accumulation (5-2) 23 Swedish philanthropist (5) 25 An object (5) 26 An aspersion (4)