CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS
1 Respected leader of English society to support me against Penny (8)
5 Diversified and organised drive around America (6)
9 Hold back queen's servant (8)
10 Saul converted king near Assyria's capital city (6)
12 Article on conditions in America (3,6)
13 Overflow from lighter (5)
14 Set up near a city (4)
16 Asks her about religious sect (7)
19 Conspired with Ted after pound is found in pocket (7)
21 Regretted sounding impolite (4)
24 Girl got up around lunchtime (5)
25 Arrive fresh and divulge everything (4,5)
27 The first mistake causes extreme fear (6)
28 Hard getting Ron Duff to sing and dance (8)
29 Strange abnormal fear gets to Kay at the end of January (6)
30 Elegant little debutante opening with new song (8)


DOWN
1 Writing mistakes by sailor shown up in time (6)
2 Runners sometimes get to the end of it in time and collapse there (6)
3 Priest takes books from writer (5)
4 Choose soldiers for play (7)
6 Australia to face Sweden with fighting spirit - something only fools would do (1,4,4)
7 Thinks of statues outside home (8)
8 Utterly defeat a useless person (4,4)
11 Goddess is carrying son to Italy (4)
15 Nicked hot pie and is on trial (2,3,4)
17 Worry if pirate finds drink (8)
18 Prevent the wasteful overuse of jam (8)
20 Weed is cut short (4)
21 Odd European barrister seen on TV (7)
22 Retain fluid from part of the eye (6)
23 To make oneself loved by men, not married, gets expensive (6)
26 Tory to leave by river (5)