Clues

1-across – Be attracted by single people, caddish types, and run away : TAKETOONESHEELS

9-across – Eric the writer’s a connection to follow : LINKLATER

10-across – Monsieur, the senior diplomat, starts being a snake : MAMBA

11-across – Fool’s gold inside article allocated accordingly : PRORATA

12-across – One-time great gets free : ATLARGE

13-across – Licence for virtual transport? : CAR

14-across – Blue died, a bit of an act : OBSCENE

17-across – Petty tyrant for taking letters : KINGLET

19-across – Greek character, member of Lloyd’s, gets backing for issue : EMANATE

22-across – Legal officer has no right to be sitting on a shield : SEJEANT

24-across – See 13 : NET

25-across – A French field with sailors: cancel the lesson : UNLEARN

26-across – Eastern spider : EARACHE

28-across – The orator sounds like a fool … : BURKE

29-across – … who, being without a clue, surprisingly was Dr Johnson’s friend : BEAUCLERK

30-across – Hare or 28 on Easter Island? : RESURRECTIONMAN

1-down – The pen Melbourne used to have at his fingertips? : TELEPHONENUMBER

2-down – Comedian, no theologian, fencing : KENDO

3-down – Agriculture in early years? : TILLAGE

4-down – Stare down while striking on the dial : OUTFACE

5-down – Set-aside corn for currency? : EARMARK

6-down – Vermin-ridden place for meat where river rises : HAMELIN

7-down – Gipsy girl s-set in stone at first : ESMERALDA

8-down – Heated kiosk’s not suitable for the very wet : SOAKEDTOTHESKIN

15-down – With tiny hands, carried by foot? : SMALLARMS

16-down – See what’s on board : NOT

18-down – : ICE

20-down – A friend in the Golden River for the love of it? : AMATEUR

21-down – Promote the good female that’s raised the male in Paris : ENNOBLE

22-down – The Royal Scot beginning without directions : STEWART

23-down – Joe’s upset about wealthy town : JERICHO

27-down – Top 100 to 500 sheets? : CREAM

9-across – Noticing nothing unusual in disguise : INCOGNITO

10-across – Muse takes a long time to identify : ERATO

11-across – Most woe-begotten pair : TWOSOME

12-across – Vessel that shoots over the waves : GUNBOAT

13-across – Thrash about the ring showing little craft : CANOE

14-across – Those that do may have a mortgage, though it’s hateful : ABHORRENT

16-across – James the First, as a naval officer : FIRSTLIEUTENANT

19-across – Lush crepe put round burial place : SEPULCHRE

21-across – It naturally beats peas and beans : PULSE

22-across – A foot of water in the diocese : SPONDEE

23-across – Uneasy feeling that a meal is badly cooked : MALAISE

24-across – Chap on base gets permit : ALLOW

25-across – I’m informed against and arraigned : IMPEACHED

1-down – Hand-to-hand combat? : FISTICUFFS

2-down – Vessel that crosses the bar? : SCHOONER

3-down – No notice is required should you wish to do it : IGNORE

4-down – Quote it in church : CITE

5-down – Log cabin brawl? : ROUGHHOUSE

6-down – What’s needed for developing wee runts? : WETNURSE

7-down – Take cover when one is after a gangster : CAPONE

8-down – Run away from a flash of lightning : BOLT

14-down – One in crime that upset school discipline : ARITHMETIC

15-down – Right actions required by house owners : TITLEDEEDS

17-down – Be patronising in speech and overbearing in argument : TALKDOWN

18-down – It’s OK, there’s no one left : ALLRIGHT

20-down – Badly off-colour : POORLY

21-down – A column I will condense into a short paragraph : PILLAR

22-down – Make ears burn : SEAR

23-down – For centuries they ignored America : MAPS

1-across – Hair preparation doctor uses after treatment : MOUSSE

5-across – Bright colour-sergeant, say, in the dance : FLAMENCO

9-across – Discipline one lout with art lesson in small group : TUTORIAL

10-across – Part of arrow left in battle : FLIGHT

11-across – Small cuts to be made in this theatrical performance? : MICROSURGERY

13-across – Dash! Biro’s broken : BRIO

14-across – Dealing with Heather by writing : HANDLING

17-across – Relatively active part of body takes in rest : LIVELIER

18-across – Some feeling returns in the water : NILE

20-across – Copper darts start possibly to be thrown in farce? : CUSTARDTARTS

23-across – Temporary dwelling by the city is hidden from view : LATENT

24-across – Make a killing in the service area : MASSACRE

25-across – Don’t break up so much, they say. It’s careless : RECKLESS

26-across – Dislike injection? : NEEDLE

2-down – Work round unpleasant matter : OPUS

3-down – Worried monster company, in short, shown at wind up time? : STORMCONE

4-down – English man disregarding books? It’s to show clearly : EVINCE

5-down – Find difficulty in living in autumn on CD work : FALLONHARDTIMES

6-down – A fellow’s good at speaking, having plenty of brass : AFFLUENT

7-down – Making it go round Eastern monarch : EKING

8-down – Only cheer leader of team excitedly in an orderly way : COHERENTLY

12-down – Express link : ARTICULATE

15-down – The painting comes down to a head : LANDSCAPE

16-down – Salad dressing and no French wine for the bird : AIGRETTE

19-down – Can spin or twist : PRISON

21-down – Tug made from wood round the West : TWEAK

22-down – Artist in middle of Poly examination : ORAL

1-across – Side path turning into a main road : SPITHEAD

5-across – Fail to correspond? : DIFFER

9-across – Makes closer agreements : COMPACTS

10-across – Tax protester who presented her buff form : GODIVA

11-across – Turning a list into new form : ROTATION

12-across – So slim, perhaps, and so supple : LISSOM

14-across – Highly cultivated feature of modern cities : ROOFGARDEN

18-across – A choice of courses or delicacies : SWEETMEATS

22-across – Means business : AGENCY

23-across – He makes a living from dirty pictures : RESTORER

24-across – People enter for this kind of sport : INDOOR

25-across – The most important guy on board : MAINSTAY

26-across – Curiosity may make one tarry : RARITY

27-across – Where many enjoy the pleasures of the slippery path : SKISLOPE

1-down – It’s safe to view when the dog is kept inside : SECURE

2-down – Resident is at home with his wife : INMATE

3-down – Do all this Scottish team get the red card? : HEARTS

4-down – Night-watchman : ASTRONOMER

6-down – Press one to state conclusion is paradoxical : IRONICAL

7-down – Record turnover? : FLIPSIDE

8-down – What’s behind China preparing for new conflict : REARMING

13-down – Having started the race is wide of target : OFFTHEMARK

15-down – It makes pears lie against the wall, for example : ESPALIER

16-down – Back one aiming to retain his title : DEFENDER

17-down – Continue to be stubborn, so cane produced : STICKOUT

19-down – More than one rock group? : STONES

20-down – About the end of December, reached Santa’s base : GROTTO

21-down – It’s built as an ocean container : GROYNE

4-across – Diner consumes Sunday feast : EASTER

6-across – Excess of dubious help to artist : PLETHORA

9-across – Party minister backed in speech : VERBAL

10-across – Old resistance fighter given prize by governor : HEREWARD

11-across – Bar terms : LEGALJARGON

15-across – Model left part-time involvement with church dignitary : PRIMATE

17-across – Some baby, small enough to be bottomless : ABYSMAL

18-across – Titanic orchestra playing to order? : ABANDONSHIP

22-across – Sea captain – not half a terrible wretch : BLIGHTER

23-across – Get away – piss off, in common parlance : GOSSIP

24-across – Little by little, a man takes over – he’s over there : AMERICAN

25-across – Inferior competitor follows Cambridge lead – but not so far behind : CLOSER

1-down – Lament rise of fear in the party : BEWAIL

2-down – Whereof George is 15 : ALLENGLAND

3-down – They lean precariously in Somerset : ATHELNEY

4-down – Covering letter? : ENVELOPE

5-down – Logis are inappropriate accommodation for concubines : SERAGLIO

7-down – Type of ring to give a friend? : OPAL

8-down – Like have a degree in sums : ADDS

12-down – A mean fellow is not unusual : AVERAGEMAN

13-down – Stress breaking up ship; mate’s lost heart : EMPHASIS

14-down – Lightweight journal? : FLYPAPER

16-down – Pioneer of the web site? : ARACHNID

19-down – Donkey and another old one : NOODLE

20-down – Father participates in Hebrew Sabbath observance : ABBA

21-down – Trick of speaking at length : WILE