DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dies out in the middle of the month (4)

4 Loyal member of aspirant constituents (8)

10 Gold star for improving Latin in the south (7) 11 Current extract from coal pit (7)

12 Precisely where a pub ends, in terms of the street? (4-4)

13 Curse Robin and all good-hearted characters (6) 15 Department head reflected if sect was hard to handle (9)

17 Cheap varieties of fruit (5)

19 Can a cholesterol-filled meal be Mexican? (5) 21 Number court lunar activities during the night (9)

23 Remove sundress and have dinner (6)

24 Put together beamless structure (8)

27 Illustration of victory in women’s clothing (7) 28 Think of aiming shot near centre field (7)

29 Have good intentions from a niggardly source (4,4)

30 Hidden inside shady Kent channel (4)

DOWN

2 ‘Woman’s business is daft’, mocks fellow (7) 3 Forget about bushland (5) 4 Carried litters for a friend, with an issue of five babies (10)

5 Authentic-sounding ceremony (4)

6 I am put out about play being unrehearsed (9) 7 Athenian leaders accepted acrid elements of their ideal country (7)

8 Died, having spread infection (6,2)

9 Voice a lot of confusion (4)

14 Without moving shares and money in store (10) 16 Liaison to remedy loneliness (9)

18 Hades had seen horrible Greeks (8)

20 Falls and shatters a CD in its cover (7)

22 Tip defeat for golf club (7)

23 Language of the road between Uzbek capitals (4) 25 Led an unruly antelope from Africa (5)

26 Progress in containing monster (4)