Crossword

No. 30

Across

8/9A If what you’ve got is in surplus, it may or may not be excessive. (4,4,6)

10 Incorrect to say less formally dressed? Mismatched, more like it. (8)

11 See 3D

12 Little green men, indeed, but wouldn’t these be like horses of a different colour? (5)

13 Your love of Latin should come

back for the city. (4)

15 Capital boys seek a handful of titles. (4)

18 Wouldn’t the wonder of our unexplored oceans beg the question? (4,4,7)

20 See 2D

21 Just another sculpted piece that needs to be fixed. (4)

22 See 4D

25 G

N (6)

27 Too self-stupefied initially about being just that! (8)

28/29 (like you’d steal a march

on yours truly?) (3,3,4,2,2)

Down

1 c er y (6,4) o r g

2/20A A sight for sore eyes on the face of it. (6,4) 3/11A So as things stand, what’s the score?

(5,2,4)

4/22A What the Dickens could be written about this dream of austerity? (4,5)

5 Gone off? Wrong date noted. (9)

6 Call a Spanish priest – he’s a friend. (8) 7 Site of the Taj Mahal, so some brag raptly. (4) 14 Could be dry as a cactus...so is a round to be found herein? (5)

16 Annoy a few just to be annoying... (10)

17 ...this is how every rock group has always broken up! (9)

19 Where every ambitious trapezist wants to make it? (2,3,3)

23 Impossible to access ancient iceboxes? So I log out. (6)

24 When similar pairs come together in poker, that calls for a big hand! (5)

26 The responsibility is down to you and me. (4)

27 It’s the market leaders, in short, that

generally go down in price. (4)