cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Patron accepting worker’s

bribe (4-6)

6 Short extra post (4)

9 Handle eccentric type (5)

10 A track behind truck in Irish

town (9)

12 Irish in the US, remarkably

hairy (7)

13 Common outlaw, Mr Capone

(5)

15 Light seafood in fish, starter

lacking (3-4)

17 Dog is lean after exercising:

power in it (7)

19 Bulb will start to open before

end of August (7)

21 Don’t speak with tricksters –

could be a put-up job? (7)

22 Relish nothing after a blow

(5)

24 Change again in large novel

(7)

27 Medic has beaten a drum on

a TV film (9)

28 Strange dam, dry originally

(5)

29 Clothes first or second,

perhaps? (4)

30 Representative group good in

Europe, say? (10)

DOWN

1 Dollar leap (4)

2 Happening thrice, tea dance

(3-3-3)

3 Walker greeting king and

queen (5)

4 Top call, not bottom (2-5)

5 Quick reporters in retirement?

(7)

7 Obvious plateau (5)

8 King possibly with a lot of

money – a good deal? (5,5)

11 Squeeze me after rolling onto

couple (7)

14 A meaty pet? (7,3)

16 In total, narrative complete?

(3,4)

18 Original opening I have,

popular at first (9)

20 Twister ruined a party (7)

21 Two animals closer? (7)

23 Bones buried in Pisa, cracked

(5)

25 Des Moines native maybe

pale, under ten? (5)

26 Raised current, correct (4)