LATERAL THINKING: CRYPTIC

Use the cryptic clues to solve this crossword with a twist.

ACROSS

1. Determined to change our steel (8) 4. Joke will shortly sound like a disorderly group of honkers (6) 8. Cyril’s changed the words of the song (6) 9. Thankful to hear that fireplace is well-stocked (8) 12. Thought deer turned around next to pond (8) 13. Legal documents about fibres (6) 14. Levels the odds? Hardly! (5) 16. Nag about fifty-one cans found by church members (9) 18. Hinders initial outside broadcast, then struts around first corner (9) 20. Spoke of source for gravy (5) 22. Shay did ask to be out of the sun (6) 24. Following trail of cart which went back to king (8) 27. Amortise new spray device (8) 28. Was jealous of having to chop endive (6) 29. Men she disrupted to catch in net (6) 30. Train guys to be carriage drivers (8)

DOWN

1. Fall ill again when concerned with mistake (7) 2. Unknown people disturb Gran’s rest (9) 3. Cruel to change money (5) 5. Minor planets from space centre. Drugs used by athletes (9) 6. Signs up enrolled nurse initially and keels over (7) 7. Even church leads to royal title (1,1,1) 10. Adversary fooled the Old Left (3) 11. Wagered a letter from Greece (4) 15. Reg is sure to renovate doctors’ rooms (9) 17. Can material be used to wrap chicken? (9) 18. Treading the boards on leg of journey (7) 19. Nimble spy keeps right inside (4) 21. Encouraged to be some cross-legged onlooker? (5,2) 23. Gone by in wagon (3) 25. As part of conspiracy, Nicolas exposed sceptic (5) 26. Ocean that starts in south-east Asia (3)