CRYP TIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Anger’s hidden by Jerry’s adversary, see, without excitement (10) 6 Country protected by formal institution (4) 9 Adviser continued to want leader of empire restricted (10) 10 Ruler of grim empire, backward-looking (4) 12 Drinks given special trade promotion, first to last (4) 13 Engineers, fellows this person’s put in fighting units (9) 15 Dwindle as favourite with little energy facing defeat (5,3) 16 Peer endlessly into Cornish river with pretty plants? (6) 18 Fish crossing river or ditch (6) 20 I will be in this set filling in crosswords (8) 23 Lover no longer one to chide, that’s clear (9) 24 Bird in vessel on lake (4) 26 Woman from Dublin maybe that’s ditched husband (4) 27 Wild beast may be seen here in the distance, one going in a flash (6,4) 28 Group from north sitting in silence (4) 29 Strange fee negotiated for uncommitted participants (4,6)
DOWN
1 Not cross for a moment (4) 2 Cluster of hair girl fixed with net (7) 3 One of a couple in court to suppress noise? (6,6) 4 Disorderly lot going round hill on American vehicle (5,3) 5 Row securing a good amount of editorial matter (6) 7 A solitary type, male engaged as hospital worker no more (7) 8 Tories rule in unsettled fashion, lacking clear purpose (10) 11 One taking this one won’t gain much ground (12) 14 Celebrate outside club, jabbering (10) 17 A right troublesome goddess gets cut off (8) 19 The personification of love at home admitting love is dying away (7) 21 Pub gets to profit from special deal (7) 22 Fair prohibition restricts extremist characters beginning to agitate (6) 25 More than one runner misses out, lacking power (4)