CRYPTIC Crossword

Complete the puzzle to reveal two solutions in the shaded squares, relating to the picture clues.

ACROSS

1 & 9ac Our lounge I’m about to make a movie in? (6,5)

4 The woman who makes basil ale (8)

9 See 1 Across

10 & 25ac With “A” it’s an Auntie film, Bud (9,4) 11 Sparerib extraction reveals the animal (4)

12 Clare Kirby maybe of this trade, but her husband is more likely (10)

14 It’s a kind of peculiar looking pie, Cess ( 7)

15 Get a gun out for the animal (3)

16 Protuberances hold a plant pot (3)

18 Not too many, thank God, we hear (3)

19 Excite with a fragrance ( 7) 23 Theatre items to watch your step with? (10)

25 See 10 Across

27 A trip the former dog is back on (9)

28 Mum loses her head for someone else (5) 29 ET leaves meteorites around and becomes boring (8) 30 Decide law (6)

DOWN

1 Borderline profits ( 7)

2 British union leader gets two French articles for instrument ( 7)

3 It’s cold in the Arctic, Edward (4)

5 Chants that somehow grab you (6)

6 Container part causes a traffic jam (10)

7 Fifty duck feet and a yard more could be tall (5)

8 Baler can do better (5)

10 The least amount of breast about or the most! (6)

13 Blaze frightens one and sets them off (4,6)

17 Shy once (6)

20 Therein becomes none at all ( 7)

21 Guarantee the last Eastender gelding in the line up, by the sound of it ( 7) 22 Selfish aims in San Diego is mandatory (6)

23 Fast ships (5)

24 An award for a grouch? (5) 26 Made love, male left for another bird (4)