CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Primate – a person of wealth with considerable backing ( 6)

4 Pub equipment Mike repaired with care ( 8)

9 Legendary island partially formed by volcano lava flowing to the west ( 6)

10 Laurel was an artist and apostle ( 2,6)

12 Clipe, fashionable and late ( 8)

13/ 5 Starts to subtly investigate literal truth about copyright as 27Ac 29Ac ( 6,4)

15 Aching back of ancient love ( 4)

16 Crewmember slapped in restraint ( 10)

19/ 5 Moulded Scottish clay in 27Ac 29Ac ( 2,8,4)

20 Bow pulled back by leading bass fiddler, perhaps ( 4)

23 Low note, hard to follow notes? ( 6)

25 Engineer may scorn sonar and radar ( 8)

27 A river in Switzerland’s capital city ( 8)

28 Bon before AC/ DC break- up, or inside 5Dn of 27Ac 29Ac? ( 6)

29 Bar- L, half- inch or old devil? ( 8)

30 No time in hovel to be supercilious ( 6)

DOWN

1/ 5 Integrity starts to come apart in pieces as 27Ac 29Ac ( 7,4)

2 Frontal support

29Ac ( 5,4)

3 Grim, surrounded by very big bouquets ( 6)

5 See 13 Across

6 Frenchman’s road is no more heading northwards ( 8)

7 Dancers’ debuts in recession very often relevant, if kitsch ( 5)

8 Made new connections, weirder out of place ( 7)

11 Both sides withdraw from nonverbal amendment on eastern Cairngorms ( 3,4)

14/ 26 Group of Scouts promote side ( 7,4)

17/ 5 Hide raunchy extremes I boycott unfortunately in 27Ac 29Ac ( 5,4,4)

18 Men emptied dustbin and faced excitedly forward - behind famous strike in France ( 8)

19 Starts to sing along, harmonising primarily in major festival at the end of this month ( 7)

21 Gutless yellowbelly traps father under vehicle - something to keep one occupied? ( 4,3)

22 Bird said to play that game? ( 6)

24 For starters, one learns everything in cooking to do with vegetable oil ( 5)

26 See 14 if to lead peacemakers as 27Ac