Across: 1. Tory chap is pest, running around hospital with head doctor (15) 9. On about accepting old-fashioned switch (7) 10. Play about opposing states’ currency (7) 11. Bite comedian’s back going round edge of London (4) 12. Only Victor gets inside crack (5) 13. Took drug back to Greek characters (4) 16. Banished trendy divorcee to ait in the Seine? (2 5) 17. Dog is in pen that is turned round (4 3) 18. Start exterminating two trees? Nonsense! (7) 21. Report ice-cream carrier going round city (7) 23. When the man becomes a courtly person (4) 24. Right to cry about hype (5) 25. In the morning take half of last Indian gooseberry (4) 28. Problem on foot trail getting snack (4 3) 29. In Berlin a utilities company traps molluscs (7) 30. Getting on lifeless layer (2 6 7) Down: 1. Wildly careen and fling rope to get predator (9 6) 2. Distance to get old wagon to turn round in front (7) 3. I leave lovely girl for a while (4) 4. Kick bag after Lawrence admits nothing! (3 4) 5. Finish music producer’s greens (7) 6. The French return with one new boy (4) 7. I am keen to record old Egyptian (7) 8. Change of characters for starlet in new part (15) 14. Initially today one left papers inside relating to movement of water (5) 15. Responsibility for large uniform left inside (5) 19. Urges and demands time out to get in hospital (7) 20. Gas information is on disc (7) 21. Alarming redhead’s works are in stylish surroundings (7) 22. Around 2000, soldier in charge was on weekend manoeuvre (7) 26. European river is in confederated centre (4) 27. In Japan unusually fine leaders go back to mountain (4) Solution: PSYCHOTHERAPIST E=A=O=O=N=L=M=R REROUTE=DRACHMA E=D=R=P=I=N=O=N GNAW=SOLVE=ETAS R=G=T=K=E=F=E=L INEXILE=SHARPEI N===D=====U===T EYEWASH=COLOGNE F=X=L=A=H=T=I=R ASHE=BLURB=AMLA L=O=E=O=O=F=M=T CORNDOG=NAUTILI O=T=E=E=I=J=C=O NOSPRINGCHICKEN Name: Puzzle 460 Author: by Steve Townsend Annos-Across: 1. PSYCHOT [H(ospital)]ERAPIST (anag Tory chap is pest)(anagrind = running) 9. RE (= On) R [OUT (= old-fashioned)] E (= about) 10. DRA [C(old) H(ot) = opposing states] MA (= Play) 11. G [(Londo)N] AW (= WAG reversed) 12. SOL [V(ictor)] E (= Only) 13. E (= drug) TAS (= Took) all reversed 16. IN (= trendy) EX (- divorcee) ILE (= ait = island in French) 17. SHARPEI (= SHARPIE with EI reversed) 18. E(xterminating) YEW ASH (= two trees) 21. CO [LOG (= Report)] NE (= ice-cream carrier) 23. AS (= When) HE (= the man) 24. BLU [R(ight)] B (= to cry) 25. AM (= In the morning) LA(st) 28. CORN (= Problem on foot) DOG (= trail) 29. Hidden in wordplay 30. NO SPRING (= lifeless) CHICKEN (= layer) Annos-Down: 1. PEREGRINE FALCON (anag careen fling rope) (anagrind = Wildly) 2. YARD (= DRAY reversed) AGE (= get old) 3. HOUR(-I)(= lovely girl) 4. T [O (= nothing)] E (= Lawrence) POKE (= bag) 5. END (= Finish) (Charles)IVES (= music producer) 6. AL (= The French reversed) A (= one) N(ew) 7. IM (= I'm) HOT (= keen) EP (= record) 8. TRANSLITE (anag starlet in)(anagrind = new) RATION (= part) 14. T(oday) ID (= papers) A (= one) L(eft) 15. FA [U(niform) L(eft)] T (= large) 19. EX [(-T)(+)H] ORTS (EXTORTS = demands) 20. HALO (= disc) GEN (= information) 21. CH [R(ed) ON (= works)] IC (= stylish) 22. GI [MM (= 2000)] I(n)C(harge) (wee)K 26. (conf)EDER(ated) 27. I(n) J(apan) U(nusually) F(ine) reversed Defs-Across: 1. head doctor 9. switch 10. currency 11. Bite 12. crack 13. Greek characters 16. Banished 17. Dog 18. Nonsense 21. city 23. a courtly person 24. hype 25. Indian gooseberry 28. snack 29. molluscs 30. Getting on Defs-Down: 1. predator 2. Distance 3. while 4. Kick 5. greens 6. boy 7. old Egyptian 8. Change of characters 14. relating to movement of water 15. Responsibility 19. Urges 20. Gas 21. Alarming 22. manoeuvre 26. European river 27. mountain