CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Head of pin stuck in front of donkey — I can’t play (4)

3 A male singer almost quite like country’s diplomat (10)

10 Agreement created from articles of UNESCO (9)

11 Feet enclosed in one cast again and again (5)

12 Get darker sink (5)

13 Church communities he’s found east of European city (8)

15 Best act the part of a racetrack tipster (4,3)

17 Confess Romney is in trouble (5,2)

19 Casserole is carried back by gang, as a lark (7)

21 Meme defending Roman Catholic health club? Good heavens! (5,2)

22 Renaissance-era satirist heard unruly crowd, eh? (8)

24 Mask failing, it’s very clear (2-3)

27 Laughs, serving American mushrooms, e.g. (5)

28 Ear rebuilt in elective surgery (9)

29 Second thought about small boy’s restaurant orders (4,6)

30 Pose outside kindergarten play (4)

DOWN

1 Select inverted brand name on large item of sports equipment (10)

2 Strength climbing is untried (5)

4 Slam-dancing area damaged Tom’s hip (4,3)

5 Courtyards surrounding U.S. land (7)

6 Sees stations for subway trains northbound (5)

7 Tidy TV message up and attempt task at a computer (4,5)

8 Foul-smelling sergeant, perhaps (4)

9 Nobleman housed in that old terminal of Leipzig, lasting 12 months (8)

14 Ridiculed fake DuPont plastic (5,3,2)

16 Held back a piece of bedding in need of laundering (9)

18 Methane, mercury and arsenic beneath planet (5,3)

20 A key type of fuel, very hot (2,1,4)

21 Take in tropical location covered with bananas (7)

23 Releases self-centred CPR experts (4)

25 Doctor with popular potassium beverage (5)

26 Young salamanders finally free of night blindness (4)