Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | RED CARPET | |
King raced around leading special VIP treatment (3,6) | R + anagram of RACED + PET | |
6 | BLURB | |
Obscure brochure’s opening advertisement (5) | BLUR + B | |
9 | ALLOT | |
Assign a pair of learner drivers to reversing (5) | A + LL + TO reversed | |
10 | SCREENING | |
Conservation primarily captured by radical Greens in broadcast (9) | C inside anagram of GREENS IN | |
11 | MEMORIES | |
Recollections the writer and I experienced in customs (8) | ME + (I inside MORES) | |
12 | TYPIST | |
One who may be a key person in the office (6) | Cryptic definition | |
14 | BRAVADO | |
Show of courage and feminine support against trouble (7) | BRA + V + ADO | |
15 | LITERAL | |
A tier rebuilt in middle of hollow according to specifications (7) | Anagram of A TIER inside ho(LL)ow | |
17 | VIA | |
Package carried by aviator is going through (3) | aVIAtor | |
18 | TOUGHIE | |
Difficult problem in competition is rough except at the start (7) | (r)OUGH inside TIE | |
20 | GLIMPSE | |
Genius, at the front, developed simple and vague idea (7) | G + anagram of SIMPLE | |
22 | LAPELS | |
Goes around detaining the Spanish flower wearers? (6) | LAPS outside EL | |
24 | STUBBORN | |
Part of a ticket issued is hard to bend (8) | STUB + BORN | |
27 | YACHTSMAN | |
Chants may upset crafty person (9) | Anagram of CHANTS MAY | |
28 | ALIGN | |
Coordinate announcement of a particular product for sale (5) | Sounds like A LINE | |
29 | ROSES | |
Thorny plants climbed up pole (5) | ROSE + S | |
30 | ASSIDUOUS | |
Hard-working American tailing fool and one couple (9) | US after (ASS + I + DUO) | |
Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | REALM | |
Region that’s large in paper collection (5) | L inside REAM | |
2 | DILEMMA | |
Two million invested in repackaging of ideal puzzle (7) | MM inside anagram of IDEAL | |
3 | AFTERMATH | |
End a spell in gross hospital (9) | A + (TERM inside FAT) + H | |
4 | PASSED OVER | |
Old-fashioned English port is ignored (6,4) | PASSE + DOVER | |
5 | TERN | |
Sea-bird’s offspring spotted in winter nest? (4) | winTER Nest | |
6 | BEEFY | |
Solid insect gutted fly? (5) | BEE + F(l)Y | |
7 | UNIFIER | |
Binder found in blaze at university, it’s said (7) | Sounds like UNI FIRE | |
8 | BAGATELLE | |
Musical item and passage presented in ballet before the end (9) | GATE inside BALLE(t) | |
13 | FLAGSTONES | |
Makes a note of colours for pavers (10) | FLAGS + TONES | |
14 | BIT PLAYER | |
Consumer handling pressure to deposit extra (3,6) | BITER outside (P + LAY) | |
16 | TAILBOARD | |
Component of truck’s consumption influenced by trouble on bumpy road (9) | (TB outside AIL) + anagram of ROAD | |
19 | UNPACKS | |
Opens rotten cask up filled with nitrogen (7) | Anagram of CASK UP outside N | |
21 | PROVISO | |
Excellent golfer against one, as stated, with qualification (7) | PRO + V + I + SO | |
23 | LOTUS | |
Position taken by those contemplating sitting down? (5) | Cryptic definition | |
25 | NONES | |
Not one sang initially in church service (5) | NONE + S | |
26 | EMMA | |
Yours truly picked up mother’s Jane Austen book (4) | ME reversed + MA |