The Cryptic
ACROSS
1. Australian teams – they’re meant to be heard by audiences (6) 5. House light for place of residence (8) 9. Sample a small enclosure confining backward rodents (8) 10. Always odd in opportune venture (6) 11. Buried raft located, found in the Pacific Islands (10) 13. Antelope, alternatively two unknowns (4) 14. Good French and English part of a skeleton (4) 15. Assemble, dine, run, fly – it’s not polite! (10) 18. Strips back drunk – have a good night! (5,5) 20. Wooden legs for Lee and Ashcroft (4) 21. Mark of small vehicle (4) 23. Cultivating patio pines unsuitable (10) 25. Gasp at bill, and go back to sleep (6) 26. Look out – a noisy bird! (8) 28. Stale joke about torso and head (8) 29. Pay for axis pact (6)
DOWN
2. Magnificent bird needed for American football final (5,4) 3. Detectives return to gallery to give orders (7) 4. Tally of small university: 1000 (3) 5. Indian deer, you say (5) 6. M, the pinnacle (8,3) 7. Fibbed to possess? Relax! (3,4) 8. Born on the fringes of dynasty – but broke! (5) 12. Old writer to spring over enclosure (8,3) 16. Cloud over, go strong (3) 17. Tough list abandoned – time for sleep! (6,3) 19. Makes mistakes around additional jobs (7) 20. Go around maturity – it can be a way out! (7) 22. Trainer’s vehicle (5) 24. A Glaswegian racecourse (5) 27. The whip? About time! (3)
Solution next week