Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | BOARD | |
Executive group should be drilled according to auditor (5) | Sounds like BORED | |
4 | ASK FOR IT | |
Invite trouble as “King and I” played in building with tight security (3,3,2) | AS + K + (I inside FORT) | |
10 | DEPARTURE LOUNGE | |
Upgrade “rule” not resolved by one finally leaving area of airport (9,6) | Anagram of UPGRADE RULE NOT + on(E) | |
11 | ATROCITY | |
Patrol ignoring boundaries connected with urban centre’s villainy (8) | p)ATRO(l + CITY | |
12 | SENORA | |
She’s Spanish and not embraced by marine (6) | NOR inside SEA (adjective) | |
14 | REGION | |
GIO probing large amount of money for landlord’s land (6) | GIO inside (REN)t | |
15 | LITERAL | |
A tier rebuilt in middle of hollow according to specifications (7) | Anagram of A TIER inside ho(LL)ow | |
18 | EMO | |
Participants in the modern style of rock music? (3) | thE MOdern | |
19 | HEBREWS | |
He makes tea for old people (7) | HE + BREWS | |
21 | STUMPY | |
Short and thick pen broken by sports official (6) | STY outside UMP | |
24 | SPOORS | |
Trails not very good in the centre of Tassie (6) | POOR inside ta(SS)ie | |
26 | DOWNPOUR | |
Private parking swamped by severe heavy rain (8) | (OWN + P) inside DOUR | |
28 | STORM-WATER DRAIN | |
Wet ramrod busted inside pressure pipe used for overflow (5-5,5) | Anagram of WET RAMROD inside STRAIN | |
29 | TATTOOER | |
Permanent marker redesigned to rotate (8) | Anagram of TO ROTATE | |
30 | SIEGE | |
Military blockade is set back, say, close to bridge (5) | IS reversed + EG + bridg(E) | |
Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | BADMAN | |
Academic in reformed band is crook (6) | MA inside anagram of BAND | |
2 | ASPERSE | |
Falsely accuse a soldier at the front essentially (7) | A + (S)oldier + PER SE | |
3 | DIRECTIVE | |
Sort of credit that is guarding against instruction (9) | Anagram of CREDIT + (IE outside V) | |
5 | STEW | |
A chunk picked out of rotten waste food (4) | Anagram of WASTE minus A | |
6 | FROZE | |
Australian nabbed by ref out of line didn’t move (5) | OZ inside anagram of REF | |
7 | RANCOUR | |
Supervised court, mostly with ill feeling (7) | RAN + (COUR)t | |
8 | TOENAILS | |
One crook inside tracks digital attachments? (8) | Anagram of ONE inside TAILS | |
9 | LUSTINESS | |
Minor, with a transfusion of units, rebuilt strength (9) | LESS outside anagram of UNITS | |
13 | BLOSSOMED | |
Developed flowers – almost lost some planted in bed (9) | [(LOS)t + SOME] inside BED | |
16 | TOURNEDOS | |
Beef study given backing in trip overseas (9) | DEN reversed inside (TOUR + OS) | |
17 | CHESS SET | |
He’s in weird sects with men that normally sit on board (5,3) | HES inside anagram of SECTS | |
20 | BLOW-OUT | |
Lavish entertainment not reaching a high level in contest (4-3) | LOW inside BOUT | |
22 | PROBATE | |
Investigation stalling at document that proves a will is genuine (7) | PROBE outside AT | |
23 | FRANCE | |
Country cafe ran poorly without assistance initially (6) | Anagram of CAFE RAN minus (A)ssistance | |
25 | ROMEO | |
Monroe, not Marilyn, ultimately confused lover (5) | Anagram of MONROE minus (M)arilyn | |
27 | FACE | |
Come up against fine champion (4) | F + ACE |