CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wife’s errand disrupted those handling emergencies? ( 4,7)

9 Temperature approximately in trunk ( 5)

10 Six evenly deployed around Pennsylvania in a sweeping manner ( 11)

11 Large- scale Eastern film ( 4)

14 Inspector carrying fashionable Indian garment ( 5)

16 A contact sport defended by English team usually ( 2,1,4)

17 Aged relative entertaining Irish in Highland town ( 5)

18 Very tiny book kept by daughter and son showing inept types? ( 6)

19 Piece with expression largely that’s resentful ( 6)

22 Row with new cloth woven from flax ( 5)

23 Belgian coach beginning to confirm small amount without English ( 7)

24 Delight in European invention on reflection ( 5)

25 See approval for appearance ( 4)

26 Two- masted sailing ships surprisingly bearing tins ( 11)

29 Some noting exceptional shade ( 5)

30 Primitive individual missing original sort of heartland ( 11)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 7 Fills in the gaps 9 Praise 10 Exercise 11 Flounder 13 Top hat 14 Ante 15 Demon 16 Bash 17 Spoils 19 Shepherd 21 Panorama 23 Savoir 24 Melancholy tone

DOWN

1 Hostile party fooled on a regular basis ( 3)

2 Food with a filling when mentioned gets criticism ( 3)

3 Twin burden I sorted out for electricity generator ( 4,7)

4 Create list again concerning independent divorcee ( 7)

5 By the sound of it, detective noticed ugly building? ( 7)

6 Filthy site in yard below street ( 3)

7 Support, right, that is linked to links or rules of decency ( 11)

8 Focus to get distilled stuff ( 11)

12 A mall rated possibly around quiet Argentinian city ( 3,3,5)

13 Order inspection to cover area as an illustrative example ( 4,2,5)

15 Iron certain to be replaced in thing for burning material ( 11)

20 Language introducing a coffee bean ( 7)

21 First person has dash during cold day in Nordic country ( 7)

26 Almost crooked Scottish peak ( 3)

27 Negative response, we hear, for Japanese theatre ( 3)

28 Mostly unaccompanied Roman deity ( 3)