DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lay into a top of a toe nail (6) 5 Pair, in other words, wedded to the heart of foster father (6) 10 Sticks out a mile around an Indian (5) 11 Telling deserter to run through an Iron Cross (9) 12 Pied cross has hunger to know parents (9) 13 Suppose that scrap iron drops round and picks up iron (5) 14 Accidental to nod off during drive (6) 16 Star in hot seat danger (8) 18 Joke turns dirty in the field of experts (8) 20 Sent around tortuous detour (6) 24 Donated loose head as a hammer (5) 25 Schematic representation of church precepts (9) 27 Run down time to curb turbulent reign (9) 28 Finally, but not quite, had the character to hold up the ancient sky (5) 29 Shelter in a rundown place outside the yard (6) 30 Brothel keepers put one mother before others (6)

DOWN

2 Afraid it turned up halfway through (5) 3 Quickly accepted member in oral arrangement (7) 4 More cordial than red ink spilt (6) 5 Mean one dies, failing to make it to heaven? (8) 6 Think of a Gemini as poorly duplicated (7) 7 Hide flowerhead fluff from a tightwad (9) 8 Fringe support crumbled into inactive state (6) 9 Army leader broke rank to hold onto old jacket (6) 15 Disappointing outcomes as team leader is overwhelmed by the odds? (9) 17 Herald is correct to carry coal dust (8) 18 Father deity has first class temple (6) 19 Under the weather and shaking a leg under the counter (7) 21 Alternative conehead difficult to locate in trees (7) 22 Remove fog from believer about closing of the millennium (6) 23 School master in class (6) 26 This lamp revealed faith in the Middle East (5)