CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Implement used by a barber on a ship (7) 5 Graduates accept headgear from Indian sage (7) 10 Flipping lid – vitamin not working (4) 11 Tread on old range of sports equipment (10) 12 Waste month with one friend (8) 13 Allocate donkey to gin transportation (6) 14 Superior part of a shoe (5) 16 Traverse conflagration – a dangerous situation to be in (9) 19 Ancient or different form of vessel (9) 21 Consented to take front off vice (5) 23 Develop into a vegetable (6) 25 Use tongue to take spit off some cosmetic (8) 27 Pub profiting from negotiating terms (10) 28 Declare a victory over old wife (4) 29 Agent has time to lie about loathsome person (7) 30 Sceptic makes adjustment to heat first (7)

DOWN

2 Went ahead, say, overturning sill (5) 3 Pressure on citizen to become a ruler (9) 4 Catch parent running around (6) 6 Evaluate a quiet form of commendation (8) 7 Finally doesn’t finish a set of charts (5) 8 Group of animals playing game around northern lake (9) 9 Move swiftly and recklessly into a job (6) 15 Parking next to shop, developing loathing for compound (9) 17 Initial speed is of the highest order (5-4) 18 A breeze in France, getting one an inconclusive case (8) 20 A relic turned out to be a cake (6) 22 Second Greek character obtained a plug (6) 24 Should have nothing, without even starting (5) 26 Furious, make a gesture (5)