CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stress that it’s less than twenty (10) 6 Try bringing nuts back (4) 10 Intimidated company to form a union (5) 11 Turns round and ejects a sailor (4,5) 12 If I react strangely it may be a trick! (8) 13 One of an opening pair (5) 15 Pound put on light fuel (7) 17 Joined by the sailor - or the parson (7) 19 Enormous disaster struck it (7) 21 Contempt for a futile action (7) 22 Cook a joint of meat using the right oven (5) 24 No variety in the numbers crawling (3,5) 27 Sweet enough for Miss Bronte (9) 28 A light across the ship (5) 29 Condiment used as a last resort (4) 30 Clearly bent on having an early source of pleasure (7,3)

DOWN

1 Union leaders join firm - great for the Scots! (4) 2 Unqualified actor’s position (9) 3 They meet in the centre of the ring (5) 4 Fancy putting charge on mounting account (7) 5 Wrongly retorts they are cads (7) 7 The point of growing things? (5) 8 Comparatively good times when gambling takes place? (6,4) 9 Oil catch freely being liberal (8) 14 Kitchen accessories subsequently put into bundles (5,5) 16 Any in let out naturally (8) 18 Gloomy supporters will if their team’s doing badly (9) 20 Rattle caused by a loose ratchet (7) 21 They should know how to prepare a good meal (7) 23 A number grow sick and get benefit (5) 25 It may be OK as a style of port (5) 26 Obscenity must be destroyed (4)