| Clues across |
| 1 | Bowed and took responsibility for circular at first (5-10) |
| 9 | Almost create a fib, perhaps, or tell one (9) |
| 10 | Pains felt in each essential organ (5) |
| 11 | Cheese manufactured wrongly (4) |
| 12 | Pelts and conceals (5) |
| 13 | A convict returns to fete (4) |
| 16 | Broken hinge arrests Rolls-Royce – a red one? (7) |
| 18 | Cruel people are awkwardly sedate on board ship (7) |
| 19 | Promoted to high office, dealt badly with previous spouse (7) |
| 21 | Often soaked in brandy, dishevelled lover holds last two of all (7) |
| 22 | Last bit to follow? (4) |
| 23 | Races around to frighten (5) |
| 24 | Sea-bird to transfix, by the sound of it (4) |
| 28 | Creature found in the water now Cockney says temperature’s risen (5) |
| 29 | Constable’s vehicle, smashed, is held by American Indian – is this a good idea? (9) |
| 30 | Archangel has maids, say, turned into a flower (10,5) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Othello, turning up after food and drink, found at railway station (11,4) |
| 2 | Hidden shadow cast by thumb, raised to show ‘OK’ (5) |
| 3 | Platform, it could be said (4) |
| 4 | In charge of direction taken by ship (7) |
| 5 | Ineffectual way to save? (7) |
| 6 | Pull back guard without first item of uniform (4) |
| 7 | Tries in genuine run-through (9) |
| 8 | Without feeling broken splint, said “Yea, so?” (15) |
| 14 | Unclean, but could be tidy, right? (5) |
| 15 | An entrance, we hear, to worship (5) |
| 17 | Shakespearean king, wounded, is getting over nervous twitch – how true to form! (9) |
| 20 | Bled badly over the cracked ice – this tells how much noise was made (7) |
| 21 | Wine in the style of a planet? No, the other way round! (7) |
| 25 | Uniform of leaders of King’s Hussars and King’s Infantry (5) |
| 26 | Song found in a Rialto museum (4) |
| 27 | Woman gets one in the end (4) |
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