Across:
1. Fuss when the French enter city (6)
4. Nasty creature is on time to get piece of jewellery (4)
7. Story has sentence about start of fox’s existence (8)
8. Finally working as a cobbler? (2 4)
10. See disco-dancing in clerical areas (8)
13. Directed to stick Native American inside (6)
14. Model to identify part of muscle (7)
15. Carrier’s course (6)
18. Obtained metal fish in front of journalist (7)
19. Egoist rolls a cheap smoke (6)
20. Grinds and cuts around end of can (7)
25. Fresh payment now found inside (6)
26. The woman laid out the beginning of chapter to do with coats of arms (8)
27. One redcap is first in sack with another bird (6)
28. Forbidding sibling to go outside home (8)
29. Trio cooked bread (4)
30. Troublemaker’s death is going to be imminent (6)
Down:
1. Slick coat doctor often left inside (6)
2. Boy carrying article turned... (6)
3. ...Young girl initially delivers fresh meals (6)
5. Exposed scooter boy entering with old hat (8)
6. Unknown flyer first follows Dave’s partner in abstinence (8)
7. The French accept commercial vehicle (4)
9. Royal family overturned small defeat around the beginning of dawn (6)
11. Federal agents are in place in compartment (7)
12. This sly criminal is smart! (7)
13. He joins visitor in stream (7)
16. Sort of plane found in fast rallies (6)
17. Magician’s terrible errors involve the church (8)
18. Sadly tossing out quiet sort of director (8)
21. Sam’s teacher comes in to smell gas (6)
22. Sharp acerbic openers become weak sarcasm (6)
23. Cut to end hit trend oddly (6)
24. Culinary embellisher spills rice! (4)
Solution:
==TOLEDO=TORC==
==E=A=A===U=H==
LIFETIME=ATLAST
A=L=H=S===M=S=U
DIOCESES=ROUTED
A=N=DELTOID=I=O
=====G=Y=VECTOR
A=S=SMELTED=Y=S
STOGIE=I=T=====
T=R=GNASHES=E=I
RECENT=HERALDIC
A=E=P===L=T=I=E
LORIOT=SINISTER
==E=S===U=R=E==
==ROTI=IMPEND==
Name: Puzzle 473
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. TO [LE (= the French)] DO (= fuss)
4. T(ime) ORC (= nasty creature)
7. LI F(ox) E (= Story) TIME (= sentence)
8. Double Def
10. DIOCESES (anag See disco)(anagrind = dancing)
13. RO [UTE (= Native American)] D (= stick)
14. Hidden in wordplay
15. Double Def
18. SMELT (= fish) ED (= journalist)
19. STOGIE (anag Egoist)(anagrind = rolls)
20. G [(ca)N] ASHES (= cuts)
25. RE [CE (= now)] NT (= payment)
26. HER (= the woman) ALDI (anag laid)(anagrind = out) C(hapter)
27. LO [R(ed) I (= One)] OT (= sack)
28. S [IN (= home)] ISTER (= sibling)
29. ROTI (anag Trio)(anagrind - cooked)
30. IMP (= Troublemaker) END (= death)
Annos-Down:
1. TEF [L(eft)] ON (anag often)(anagrind = doctor)
2. LA [THE (= article)] D (= Boy)
3. D(elivers) AMSEL (anag meals)(anagrind = fresh)
5. OUT [MOD (= scooter boy)] ED (= exposed)
6. CHAS (= Dave's partner) TIT (= flyer) Y (= Unknown)
7. L [AD (= commercial)] A (= The French)
9. TU D(awn) OR (= rout reversed) S(mall)
11. SE [GMEN (= Federal agents)] T (= place)
12. STYLISH (anag This sly)(angrind = criminal)
13. RIV [ET (= visitor)] ER (= stream)
16. Hidden in wordplay
17. SOR [CE = the church)] RER (anag errors)(anagrind = terrible)
18. SIGN [P (= quiet)] OST (anag tossing)(anagrind = Sadly)
21. H {ELI [= Sam(uel)'s teacher]} UM (= smell)
22. S(harp) A(cerbic) TIRE (= become weak)
23. E(n)D(h)I(t)T(r)E(n)D
24. ICER (anag rice)(anagrind = spills)
Defs-Across:
1. city
4. piece of jewellery
7. existence
8. Finally
8. working as a cobbler
10. clerical areas
13. Directed
14. muscle
15. Carrier
15. course
18. Obtained metal
19. a cheap smoke
20. Grinds
25. Fresh
26. to do with coats of arms
27. another bird
28. Forbidding
29. bread
30. be imminent
Defs-Down:
1. Slick coat
2. turned
3. Young girl
5. old hat
6. abstinence
7. vehicle
9. Royal family
11. compartment
12. smart
13. He joins
16. Sort of plane
17. Magician
18. sort of director
21. gas
22. sarcasm
23. Cut
24. Culinary embellisher