DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 A firm starting with honest business (6) 5 Wrongly blamed for chaos (6) 10 Took a picture inside animal (5) 11 German hit out at distressing dream (9) 12 The normal State Department in one’s own country (10) 13 Sweet to make money (4) 15 Minister arranged a truce (6) 16 Guard dispatched near battle line (8) 18 Half-mile run in error (8) 20 Seldom fumbled sitters (6) 23 Waste one’s time with endless plot lines (4) 24 Swirling in and out in deluge (10) 27 Round number made sense with energy state (9) 28 Where chalk goes at the right time (2,3) 29 Nevermind cutting the tails off mice (6) 30 Decline to set us free (6)

DOWN

2 Butter up to be spread more thinly (7) 3 Any tar affected to hold citrus fruit as nutritious (10) 4 Grate line by line when disheartened (6) 5 Novice to plead with spiritual side (8) 6 Turned up one bit of information (4) 7 American leader on a brain explosion from the Middle East (7) 8 Judge overturned disposition (4) 9 Petrel is torn apart by cold-blooded creatures (8) 14 Dish of a strong sort not on the menu (10) 15 Be in the running to take fifty in total (8) 17 One sister and one child of one mind (2,6) 19 Still retain a cool head in senile condition (7) 21 Shows injured serviceman to do without arm (7) 22 Dressed up and working properly (2,4) 25 Rustle one up for wrapping at Christmas (4) 26 Position of leadership left in the margin (4)