CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Find a popular melody in harmony (2,4) 4 Get close to the teacher, but not close enough (4,4) 9 It’s smart to have a small model pick-up down under (6) 10 A movie buff, eg, left one form out (4-4) 12 Burglary, piracy, etc, on paper, in short (5) 13 It’s too much to expect from dull type (1,3,5) 14 Old emperor found US hard to bear (7) 15 Prestige of public school in retreat (4) 19 Share of free trade almost disappeared (4) 21 Be in the driving seat to gain a victory (7) 24 Non-drinker can brew up tea for bairns (9) 26 Show some discrimination, in spite of suspicion (5) 27 Bring back the spoils, having space in the workshop (8) 28 Organisation suffering with the french fever (6) 29 Skilled workers built a new stair at school, initially (8) 30 Keep tension in proportion, and in harmony (6) DOWN 1 Is functioning at the front, but suffering 30 across (2,6) 2 Did Ted get there, but was forced to be tied up? (8) 3 Feel uncomfortable at another team’s ground (3,2,4) 5 Prepare the text for one working on publication (7) 6 Did a top US group object to amnesty? (5) 7 It may not be traditional to put one prisoner in charge (6) 8 Hit out at 1 down, industrially (6) 11 Come up to scratch, starting in 17 down (4) 16 Had to negotiate with the workers, at last, to get first aid (9) 17 To overtake can take a long time on

some routes (8) 18 Without a trace; there’s nothing here (8) 20 Was an old US President a bit green? (7) 21 Italian runner about to take a long, hard look at a book (4) 22 Staff have a right to take over a repeated chant (6) 23 Did Cortes have to organise his own armed guard? (6) 25 A bishop got a second hanging screen (5)