The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Does synchronized swimming require more training? (15) 9 Subjected to abuse? On the contrary, set free (7)
10 Accurate summary at end of page (7)
11 Split rule fit to change (4) 12 Windsor perhaps as president (5)
13 Tilt moneybox (4)
16 Idol relaxed cutting grass in time off work (7)
17 Why a keen cut upset native of Iowa (4-3)
18 Everyone in company before us seems unsympathetic (7) 21 Attraction with drink stops (5,2) 23 Cancel peace-makers’ party (4) 24 6 etc. prepared to throw out (5) 25 Floating logs or reinforced concrete (4)
28 Old hat Richard starts putting on with a tear (7)
29 Where church reveals its purpose to provide vision (7) 30 Not in Zaire goal I set for country division (15)
DOWN
1 Black market truth: none reduce bananas (5-3-7)
2 Dull foe can make you miserable (7)
3 Be full of praise for Apache
warrior say who’s scalped (4)
4 Mundane clue? (7)
5 Vain fellow wiggling hips after
surgery (7)
6 In the case of the Spanish dance (4)
7 Setter’s gallery holds one copy (7)
8 Homer crib maybe gets glib sales
talk and new decorative border (5,3,7)
14 Mode of expression one had on Isle
of Man (5)
15 Organ device to produce this big
noise (5)
19 Taking room in house or official
residence in Oxford? (7)
20 Plain governess hired by king after
Virginia’s rejected (7)
21 Uniform in picnic laid out for
musician (7)
22 Salutation in law is revised in
African language (7)
26 Tramp has place to cook over (4)
27 Lands overseas I avoided
somewhat (4)
ACROSS
1 Top-quality (4-5)
8 ___ Blair, George Orwell's real name (4)
9 Phone message-taking facility (9)
10 Radio code word that follows Yankee (4) 13 Garments for outdoors (5) 16 Sporting venue (5)
17 Sister of Anne and
Charlotte Brontë (5) 18 Receiver of stolen goods (5) 19 More inferior (5)
20 ___ Millen, fashion chain store (5)
21 Songs performed alone (5) 24 Fabrications (4)
27 Cresta Run vehicle (9) 28 Narrow-bladed sword (4) 29 Set back in motion (9)
DOWN
2 Russian man's name (4)
3 Rural fellow (4)
4 Intermediate region of
the afterlife (5)
5 Canonised person (5)
6 Casino attendants (9)
7 Taking possession of (9)
11 Crossed a street recklessly (9)
12 Given a post-mission interrogation (9) 13 Places to buy snacks (5)
14 Quash (5)
15 Hunts for (5)
22 Important atmospheric layer (5) 23 Beginning, start (5)
25 Cauterise (4)
26 Man-eating giant (4)