Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 19/06/14
ACROSS
1 Device used to reproduce the sound of a band in front of a judge (4-8)
9 Command authority in a colony or protectorate (7)
10 Curse a little fellow about to come into view (7)
11 On the way back, sailor was a bit lukewarm (4)
12 Gain profit from rate of exchange (5)
13 Aromatic plant grown in the farm, in the spring (4)
16 Put up a small American enclosure by day (7)
17 To head off subsequent regiment is a bit drastic (7)
18 Suspend a small track in the country (7)
21 Casts off, and wanders about over a river (7)
23 Will have to leave a west African country (4)
24 Trades inside Alsace and Lorraine (5)
25 Nothing more than a pool on the boundary (4)
28 Tempted by one decent organisation (7)
29 Comes back when salesman spins a tale (7)
30 Girl’s head start could well be a drawback (12)
DOWN
2 Strengthens a girl, in addition, with nothing left (7)
3 Panache displayed by some of the landed gentry (4)
4 Would REM lead off with a jewel? (7)
5 It’s unheard of for former pupils to have a remedy (7)
6 Move as fast as an arrow on board (4)
7 Get the idea that lies are made up (7)
8 Discontent by the others, having hardly any, up to a point (12)
9 As deranged as a participant in a tea party (2,3,2,1,6)
14 It’s grand to have endless feast (5)
15 Fixed look by a principal boy in panto at the end (5)
19 Did Dean get out, only to be turned down? (7)
20 Handed over some fruit to heartless 4 down (7)
21 Minstrel started a long song about a deadly fever (7)
22 Prologue by old writer in Top Gear (7)
26 Performs some scenes from a good book (4)
27 Mark the location of the scene of the crime (4)