CROSSWORD

Jeremy Mutch No. 1,360

ACROSS

1 Show of hesitation after second heart (6)

4 Close tab becoming a barrier to progress (8)

9 Oddly swears evidence of debts is grave (7)

11 Delighted, seeing left of centre damaged(7)

12 Commonplace ceremony on time (5)

13 Pass out, seeing such creatures (4)

14 Carnival atmosphere after golf finishes (4)

16 Support rider as vet treated unwelcome passenger (8,6)

19 Could these link a line of children? (9,5)

23 A branch of the services backed at a distance (4)

24 Car made out of aluminium in Italy (4)

25 A good grocer halved the trouble (5)

27 Sleeping accommodation for a swinger? (7)

28 Weapon found in chap’s coat, perhaps (7)

29 Told of being left in grass (8)

30 Well-up on poetry? (6)

DOWN

1 Lab equipment to try underground? (4,4)

2 Joker gets 1 Across, which relates to the heart (7)

3 Bring back memories of being fine during evening (5)

5 Retreating from troubled pal lacking bed (13)

6 People working together married after drink (4)

7 Armed revolutionary supporting firm friend (7) 8 Target on river in Yorkshire is bear (6)

10 Tapdance kills planned activity in bed! (4,3,6)

15 The last letter in carbon and another element (4)

17 Hospital excluded from surprise strike (4)

18 Diverse trades so represented (8) 20 Plan to redraft top drama (4,3)

21 Singer’s free entrance (7)

22 Parent may be distant about article (6)

25 Correspond with an ecologist (no name)(5)

26 Reported to be hurting fly (4)