| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DELIBERATE | |
| Measured food store blast (10) | DELI + BERATE | |
| 6 | SPIN | |
| European country quelling a revolution (4) | SPAIN minus A | |
| 9 | BASEL | |
| Settlement established by large part of Switzerland (5) | BASE + L | |
| 10 | MAELSTROM | |
| State of confusion left in company of great performer with millions (9) | L inside MAESTRO + M | |
| 12 | ESOTERIC | |
| Large amount of unnatural secretion is hidden (8) | Anagram of (SECRETIO)n | |
| 13 | MALIGN | |
| Abuse man holding girl back with no right (6) | MAN outside (GIRL reversed mnius R) | |
| 15 | MENDED | |
| Broken mover is repaired? (6) | M + ENDED | |
| 16 | ASININE | |
| A serious offence committed in middle of theft is foolish (7) | A + SIN + IN + th(E)ft | |
| 18 | END | |
| A number of aldermen defended resolution (3) | aldermEN Defended | |
| 19 | CORONER | |
| One who looks at passing or one switching with a passenger in car? (7) | (OR + ONE) replacing A in CAR | |
| 21 | KINDER | |
| Learning centre for young children could be more thoughtful (6) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | UNTIED | |
| Insecure relative, losing head, died (6) | (a)UNTIE + D | |
| 25 | STRANGLE | |
| Learner pushed in foreign choke (8) | L inside STRANGE | |
| 27 | TRANSPOSE | |
| Change position of senators upset about opening of parliament (9) | Anagram of SENATORS outside (P)arliament | |
| 28 | TRAIL | |
| Time to attack or hang back (5) | T + RAIL | |
| 29 | DIET | |
| Break down therapist’s primary selection of food (4) | DIE + (T)herapist | |
| 30 | AT A STRETCH | |
| Crates that moved about continuously (2,1,7) | Anagram of CRATES THAT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DABBED | |
| Criminal running around base is slightly touched (6) | BAD reversed + BED | |
| 2 | LISSOME | |
| Flexible schedule seen briefly by few (7) | LIS(t) + SOME | |
| 3 | BALLET DANCERS | |
| Members of company, all in bed, can rest undergoing treatment (6,7) | ALL inside anagram of BED CAN REST | |
| 4 | REMAINDERS | |
| Wine knocked back in dodgy seminar with leftovers (10) | RED reversed inside anagram of SEMINAR | |
| 5 | TREE | |
| Hospital removed from a small number a large growth (4) | THREE minus H | |
| 7 | PORCINI | |
| Forest growth of pigs almost identified by one (7) | (PORCIN)e + I | |
| 8 | NOMINEES | |
| Votes against admitting explosive candidates (8) | NOES outside MINE | |
| 11 | STATIONMASTER | |
| Railway worker adjusted to steam trains (13) | Anagram of TO STEAM TRAINS | |
| 14 | HAD KITTENS | |
| Equipment wired into redesigned handset was alarmed (3,7) | KIT inside anagram of HANDSET | |
| 17 | ACTUATED | |
| Motivated peak body knocked back head of delegation (8) | ACTU + anagram of | |
| 20 | RAT RACE | |
| Creative work held up by people’s hectic routine (3,4) | ART reversed inside RACE | |
| 22 | ENGRAFT | |
| English river transport is securely set (7) | ENG + RAFT | |
| 23 | HEALTH | |
| Low-growing shrub spread across large state (6) | HEATH outside L | |
| 26 | BOOT | |
| Put the frighteners on tense baggage handler (4) | BOO + T |
Hello David, some tricky clues last week! I have to ask about MENDED – I see that “repaired” is the definition but how do you get M + ENDED from the cryptic part?
Graham
Augusta WA
Hello Graham : I’m guessing that if the word MOVER is ‘broken’ into 2 parts i.e. M plus synonym for OVER which is ENDED, result could be MENDED.
Yes, Charmaine has it right. There’s only one way “mover” can be broken so that it makes sense from a solving perspective, but, as the wordplay is not standard, a ? has been added to indicate word abuse.
David