Cryptic crossword

Friday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 How to take photographs positively? (2,1,4,5)

9 First person to get to the heart of cricket, for example, and take a good look (7)

10 More than pleased to put girl on the way to success (7)

11 The woman's followed by a butter (4)

12 Colin's bay (5)

13 Doctor takes appendix swabs (4)

16 Cavity in the pool needing repair (7)

17 Paul ate messily on tableland (7)

18 Rock out of place in crater I found peculiar (7)

21 Allow for single occasion in recording original event (7)

23 Make rude remarks about posh young ladies (4)

24 Maureen has to compete with film (5)

25 This tenant is under captain in place (4)

28 Had one's cover blown when made low noise (7)

29 In favour of pipe as artefact (7)

30 Subsequently, he entered kingdom come (3,9)

DOWN

2 Teas now served with 9 dn commonly (2,5)

3 Scots soldier may be chicken! (4)

4 Forge — douse it in the open (7)

5 Begin to smoke and become brighter (5,2)

6 Strange arrangement to cover equipment (4)

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7 Daughter not amused when taken in by story of young creature (7)

8 Pop the question, you might say, in protective clothing (8,4)

9 You're welcome to use 'late' as 'RIP' substitute (3,1,8)

14 Army gets a plant (5)

15 Father has hollow victory with chessmen (5)

19 Allow in again to study with German (7)

20 Cream cheese that may make bird croak (7)

21 Member of transport personnel is cutting tart (7)

22 Gourmet telling grand story on river (7)

26 Fruit said to be a long time coming (4)

27 Put aside and die away (4)