CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
NO 1,253
For today’s solutions, text CLUE followed by the clue (eg: ‘CLUE 1 Down’) to 53307
Across
1 Find true ID in place of retreat (6).
4 Continue with electoral system, getting monster Nazi corps (8). 10 Awfully vain copper finds love without
reference to anything else (2,5).
11 Attack good name of special country queen (7).
12 Very old and very bright, taking lots of space (10). 13 Monotonous backward Celtic poet (4).
15 Female makes brief visit in return for varnish (7).
17 Make quiet date — it’s futile process (4,3).
19 State of affairs kept right for rainmaker (7).
21 Half of Ireland’s capital debts are questionable (7).
23 Express sadness at endless spectacle (4).
24 Sewer’s accessory will restrict one eager to be without us (3-7). 27 One shifts wanderer holding me back (7).
28 Praise a dreadful bloomer (7).
29 Get on board here with criminal customs (8).
30 Fire up with fuel, in absence of learner (6).
Down
1 Control underwear and clothes again (9).
2 Pass on dubious love by Irish leader (7).
3 Free election MP finds deficient (10).
5 Rang loudly, being trustworthy in the long grass (9). 6 Suddenly seize with good authority on rising (4). 7 Sanction final racer who’s not hot at first (7).
8 Quiet massage gives low growth (5).
9 Stupid one? I don’t believe you! (4).
14 Severe criticism of meat is a trap for lawbreakers (10). 16 Coy racism troubled tiny space-traveller (6,3).
18 Gig needs a shake-up, so withdraw from struggle (9). 20 Course of treatment to classify as unfinished (7). 22 Outside Baltic capital leave out endless paper craft (7). 23 A child in favour of entering vacated snug (5).
25 Barrel or butt — a hundred-dollar question (4). 26 Acknowledge being a little mean, with cry of pain (4).