Solutions to THC # 8909

Across

1 The art of putting on a coat (8) PAINTING

5 Opportunity's provided by shortened astronomer's aids (6) SCOPES

10 Long for time, starting now (5) YEARN

11 Delicious to a few, thro' different within (9) TOOTHSOME

12 Old engine for moving a sore rhino (4,5) IRON HORSE

13 Carry off by force from an insecure avenue (5) REAVE

14 Plant that has a singular advantage (5) SEDGE

16 Over which a shot may go for a six (8) BOUNDARY

18 The entrance for one with pull (4,4) BACK DOOR

20 Time of note for an air-force man in eastern church (5) EPOCH

24 Memos about an European flower (5) SOMME (?)

25 Glamorous miss making a periodical appearance? (5,4) COVER GIRL

27 Gradual development - of monkey into man, say (9) EVOLUTION

28 Airhead, I spot one in (5) IDIOT

29 Sporting contests opening in two points (6) EVENTS

30 A novice gets drink, new, poured into another (8) BEGINNER

Down

1 Science of matter and motion that yields remedies (7) PHYSICS

2 To put it very briefly, I draw on variety (2,1,4) IN A WORD

3 The last of the Commandments (5) TENTH

4 One preparing legal documents makes a negative attempt to retain article (6) NOTARY

6 Cheer one caught struggling for consistency (9) COHERENCE

7 In proportion to a part or otherwise (3,4) PRO RATA

8 Landscape seen in part of a play on track (7) SCENERY

9 What would a tiresome person do, beginning to minimize tediousness? (7) BOREDOM

15 The final outcome could finish Ulster riot (3,6) END RESULT

17 In a Conservative, at one time it meant pride (7) CONCEIT

18 See big English movement to cause a blockade (7) BESIEGE

19 Make music! (7) COMPOSE

21 The view about a bulb containing traces of phosphorus and iodine (7) OPINION

22 This is where a gun may be kept in seedy hotels before raid starts (7) HOLSTER

23 A way with trees (6) AVENUE

26 Healing touch provided by actress Arija Bareikis (5) REIKI