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Artix, a guest compiler and a member of the Rasputin crossword compiling group, has provided this week’s entertaining cryptic crossword. If you prefer to work on the interactive version, click this link which takes you to the Crossword Compiler web page.

Across

1 The Turn of the Crew? (6)

4 Senior policeman is so right: special’s method for the high jump! (8)

10 Tag man returning with long record, only just released (9)

11 Cruise, possibly, turning about before rocky height (5)

12 Girl avoiding fellow from Scottish isle (4)

13 A stew of 15′s, cooked (10)

15 Work hard on 18th century British PM (7)

16 European city (6)

19 European city (6)

21 “Love Story“, re-edited in 5D (7)

23 Picnickers abandoned Gail when spuds are taken round (10)

25 Cut-price bargain (4)

27 Surrounding écurie’s leader, near to making horse cry (5)

28 European city (3,6)

29 Identify the problem in distressed 1D (8)

30 New version of car heading for Rome at first (6)

Down

1 American city (3,5)

2 Europeans in resort of 28 (9)

3 Weapon with parts in bad order? It’s found on top of legionnaire (4)

5 European city (7)

6 Unadventurous man travelling to the peaks of Alphubel and Matterhorn, say (4-2-4)

7 Photo plate from inside porthole (5)

8 Dandruff on part of neck (6)

9 Speed up 16 at sea (6)

14 Confirm second rent hideously good before the start of November (10)

17 Tiny mess overlapping group – thing of no importance (9)

18 Barely sound target where spy’s out of sight (8)

20 Really doesn’t like cricket in the Caribbean? (7)

21 Eager to take bit of effort out of parenthood (6)

22 Totally out of it in 19, sozzled (6)

24 Party island turning up in travel guide I buy, say (5)

26 Cause to worry both extremes in further education (4)

Here is last week’s solution; the theme was, of course, the Iberian peninsula and Mediterranean things. (I was there at the time and enjoying the tapas!)

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