Cryptic crossword

Thursday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Would a written text cover dramatic work? (10)

6 Holy man left a graduate behind (4)

10 Meant to sum up Europe; it's my pleasure (9)

11 Station situated inside, potentially (5)

12 Did a beautiful youth make a fuss over profanity? (6)

13 Don't start spraying, when planting (7)

15 Controlled, when associated with good turn (9)

18 Manage to get on, and continue in the same line (3,2)

19 Trades in some Brent crude, also (5)

21 Lines up rest of the radio audience (9)

23 Wind instrument to accompany singer (7)

24 Inadequate sprite had to turn left on time (6)

27 Opening passage into West Point room (5)

28 Fruit found in a recent development (9)

29 Still stuck in the Seventies, at the end of the day (4)

30 Order workers to start colonisation (10)

DOWN

1 Leaf through a work by Toscanini (4)

2 Perfected how to complete a circuit (5)

3 Would European duck have to run North always? (7)

4 Leaders in power left every bank subsidised by those at the bottom (5)

5 Does it mean the exact opposite down under? (9)

7 A piano moved in place of another instrument (9)

8 Oppose having a new name on one's first edition (10)

9 Press boss to adapt, or follow on (6)

14 As a result, I have become fertile (10)

16 Agree with aunt over security (9)

17 Some variation allowed to liberal catholic (9)

20 Stay firm, making first TV comedy series (6)

22 Keep pace with fast-moving bird till the wee small hours (7)

24 Contemplate model from side angle (5)

25 Surround with string or rope to same end, initially (5)

26 Chip in to buy a garden trellis (4)

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