CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1.

Materfamilias finds her home’s out of order (5-6)

6. Listen in on a germ (3)

8. Some held a lot back in a big spoon (5)

10. The one who is given the wherewithal to pierce tin (9)

11. Weird evening starts with a blend of rye (4)

12. A bird is held back by detergents (5)

13. Act on one another in the interlude (8)

16. Greedily swallows us? Dover might (7)

17. In France I have a record fourwheel-drive vehicle (4)

18. Is backing away from game expedition in the distance (4)

19. Musical sort of minor scale (7)

21. So rude, it may be, for a nonmember (8)

23. Party backed your and my repute (5)

26. Sulphur found with Latin dross (4) 27. Rubbish receptacle found in brittle form (6,3) 28. Raise one in the army (5)

29. It is put in by one having his say in row (3)

30. Reinforces steering one left and somehow thins one out (11)

Down 1.

Manchester orchestra haul Jewish leader out for a song of praise (10)

2. It is illegally procured beneath the gaming disc (5-3-7)

3. Brought pressure to bear on Dexter E, somehow (7)

4. Enter articles in wood in a different way (5)

5. Gathers news on statements of pupils’ work (7)

6. Chamber’s roof, pie-shaped, for jilting cases (6,2,7)

7. Those attending match punish the students (4)

9. On the sheltered side of a Spenserian river (3)

13. It doesn’t hold good for a person who’s sick (7)

14. Clap the lightning sound (7)

15. Makes holes for insertion in various repeats (10) 19. To sum up, there’s less confusion with moules (7) 20. Note time left for decorative work (7)

22. One banished out of the Isle of France (5)

24. Two players who perform around university (3) 25. Voice that is breaking a lot (4)