CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 and 8 down Somewhat masochistic when too much weight is due to catch it (7,3,10) 6 Look into both aspects (4) 10 Second person nattered excitedly and made a plea (9) 11 French port libertine takes north (5) 12 Petroleum product found in the ground of Georgia? (3,3) 13 Female player ate cress with abandon (7) 15 Most exciting aspect of hair treatment (9) 18 Throng where the sun is hot (5) 19 Italian poet who wrote of the French whale (5) 21 True, tanks are mobilised between Siberia and India (9) 23 Level, yet dismissed (4,3) 24 It’s pointless saying that not many people use alternative roofing to slates (6) 27 Pointer to good Scottish energy (5) 28 More depressed in the Home Counties about old lady’s hair treatment (4,5) 29 Criticise leaders of day in some style (4) 30 and 14 down Short heads-up defied (10, 10)

DOWN

1 Valley surveyed in single night (4) 2 Extreme coverage by dreadful trailer (5) 3 Odd three use metal sheeting to make clover leaf (7) 4 South African place of birth (5) 5 Previous teacher of El Greco, say (3,6) 7 Former taxi service worker is in high spirits (9) 8 See 1 across 9 Authors speaking of antithesis of wrongs (6) 14 See 30 across 16 Fragrant flowers of which I sang, dear, abroad (9) 17 Manage to find a seat to eat what’s within reach (3-2-4) 20 First letter promises dwellings (6) 22 Gut needed to remove phone routine from trainee worker and trash (7) 24 He sold his soul to the Devil in making strong move to the Antipodes (5) 25 Advance a pound to US tennis player (5) 26 Refuse to acknowledge connection of French to New York (4)