Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | SWERVING | |
First point from Williams in tennis play is moving away (8) | W inside SERVING | |
5 | WALL UP | |
Put barricades around opening of well with everything included (4,2) | W + ALL-UP | |
9 | See 22-down | |
10 | ROLLS OVER | |
Type of car occupied by learners that will do turns (5,4) | ROVER outside (LL+ SO) | |
12 | RETINUE | |
Members of committee unite recently retired staff (7) | committeE UNITE Recently reversed | |
13 | FARADAY | |
English physicist is very much at the forefront of a period of enlightenment? (7) | FAR + A + DAY | |
14 | ORAL | |
All but the first part of lesson is not written down (4) | (m)ORAL | |
15 | REPAINTS | |
Coats again aren’t commonly carried by salesmen (8) | AINT inside REPS | |
19 | PERSONAE | |
Theatrical roles for a male child are lacking heart? (8) | PER + SON + A(r)E | |
21 & 25dn |
FAIR CATCH | |
Mark’s pet, children found at the end of show (4,5) | (CAT + CH) behind FAIR | |
25 & 8dn |
CONCERT PARTY | |
Group of variety performers resorted to carpentry after opening of clubs (7,5) | Anagram of TO CARPENTRY after C | |
26 | RETICLE | |
Network appreciated by viewers? (7) | Cryptic Definition | |
27 | TULIP TREE | |
Working group disturbed reptile in yellow poplar (5,4) | TU + anagram of REPTILE | |
28 | INERT | |
A section sliced from infected retina is unresponsive (5) | Anagram of RETINA minus A | |
29 | HUTTON | |
Old English cricketer’s building a good score (6) | HUT + TON | |
30 | DEPLETED | |
Page connected with permit in legal document is used up (8) | (P + LET) inside DEED | |
Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | SUGAR SOAP | |
Pours a gas combined with basic cleaning fluid (5,4) | Anagram of POURS A GAS | |
2 | ELECTRA | |
Settle on river discovered by a daughter of Agamemnon (7) | ELECT + R + A | |
3 | VIKING | |
Scandinavian adventurer opposing one member of the royal family (6) | V + I + KING | |
4 | NURSED | |
User beaten up in centre of London should be given medical attention (6) | Anagram of USER inside lo(ND)on | |
6 | AUSTRIAN | |
American, travelling in a train, roughed up a person from Europe (8) | US inside anagram of A TRAIN | |
7 | LIVED-IN | |
Marked by life’s experience, criminal set up racket (5-2) | EVIL reversed + DIN | |
8 | See 25-across | |
11 | LIFTED | |
Supervised making sandwich of one foot that should be picked up? (6) | LED outside (I + FT) | |
16 | SURFEITED | |
Distribution of fruit seed is stuffed (9) | Anagram of FRUIT SEED | |
17 | COME UP TO | |
Match is near (4,2,2) | Double definition | |
18 | CARTER | |
Leader of Turkey embraced by tender old US president (6) | T inside CARER | |
20 | RINGLET | |
Girl, ten, messed up hair (7) | Anagram of GIRL TEN | |
22 & 9ac |
ANCIENT GREEK | |
Alexander the Great, say, one energetic, excited king (7,5) | AN + anagram of ENERGETIC + K | |
23 | BREEZE | |
Cheeses reportedly may lead to a little bit of wind (6) | Sounds like BRIES | |
24 | AT WILL | |
When one chooses a woven fabric (2,4) | A + TWILL | |
25 | See 21-across |