CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Treat to a nice meal Western Indian with need to unwind (4,3,4)

9 Tidy front of house in Welsh community (5)

10 Piece rated poorly by director - and lower in value? (11)

11 Drink loudly, not quietly? That’s an aspersion (4)

14 Victor heading off within (5)

16 Old pair dividing our neighbourhood initially (7)

17 Additional section of text raised (5)

18 Stinking fellow has ordinary sort of diet (6)

19 Pale dog mostly restless in boat on a lake (6)

22 Capital citizen given right to lead Arab country (5)

23 Gather earth’s sprayed around front of van (7)

24 Some proposal volunteered gets sudden round of applause (5)

25 Wading bird in the same place on island (4)

26 What greyhound racing enthusiasts do gets to deteriorate markedly (2,2,3,4)

29 Article by writer as subject (5)

30 Wrongly made surmise that’s subject to poor assessment? (11)

DOWN

1 Western poster showing large amount of money (3)

2 Quickly go to get small quantity of spirits (3)

3 A senior band playing for Scottish city locals (11)

4 Forceful thing usually done at the start on a course? (7)

5 Extreme figures in middle of diner (7)

6 Complete curve on road overlooking top (3)

7 A large group shown in British news source getting voting slip (6,5)

8 Present a boxing match among thousands outwardly or near that number (11)

12 Right-winger favouring films for traditional sorts (11)

13 Compact list renamed after making changes (11)

15 Types investigating about limited group, demonstrators ignoring leader (11)

20 Greek character behind schedule with start of some exercise system (7)

21 Companion with comical role around theatre’s entrance gets to laugh (7)

26 Precious stone, for example, turned up by Frenchman (3)

27 Valuable material, we hear, in blade (3)

28 Miserable stand seen at regular intervals (3)