Cryptic Crossword: October 2002


Across

No Clue
No Clue
No Clue
Composition shown to mentor (5)
11 Belief leader often recited rapidly and fluently (6,3)
12 Misused orders and requisitions (10)
14 No Clue
15 Incorrect tip distorts forecast (7)
16 Industrious shepherds' fields of action (7)
18 Intonation, nice and acceptable (7)
20 Coppers queried plan (7)
22 Miasma surrounding planet (4)
23 Snake freed in wide space (10)
24 No Clue
26 No Clue
28 Tall tower, Maltese, spectacular (7)
29 Carry out plot daringly (2)
30 Rock mass by waterside (4)

Down

Trimmed wispy, untidy ends (5,2)
Bristle and whisker (3)
Agitation, in tree, of magpie (7)
Governor sees national unity (7)
No Clue
Forbid hero to help association (11)
Proves falsity of diverse stuff (7)
10 No Clue
13 No Clue
17 Polish merchant's bravery (7)
18 Praise maps containing range (7)
19 Disciplined posse in part of serial (7)
20 Novel's sad personal content (7)
21 Terrestrial creature? It lay hidden (7)
25 Foreign palace's space (3)
27 Fresh, fascinating website (3)

Solution