CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Run off one final check, complying with the law (10) 6 A few heard about Chaplin’s first

dirty film (4) 9 Answer by sailor offering

forgiveness (10) 10 Piece of slate worn

by women (4) 12 Pull a face seeing weapon carried by leader of rebels (4) 13 Chicken stuffed with digital

application in grand event (9) 15 Relaxing by empty pool must be

agreeable (8) 16 Pole on yacht keeping dry

posterior (6) 18 Misery mostly seen in island’s

northern blockhouses (6) 20 Offload one lad by pier after

docking (8) 23 Pat is a person too eager

to advance (4,5) 24 Leave be, having no

end of business (4) 26 Instrument of joy —

booze oddly absent (4) 27 Porter seeing soldiers glance back with hesitation after party (10) 28 Cost of upkeep will be

inclusive of veggie food (4) 29 Setter upset about bolshie

image, that’s cool (6,4)

DOWN 1 Burden of son to hold

onto love (4) 2 Get user rebooted with

such a handy expression (7) 3 Manoeuvre scuttles NATO

spotters (6,6) 4 China welcomes view with

no leader being equal (8) 5 Soldiers needing time on

track going north (6) 7 Carriage giving church

a laugh? (7) 8 Those in charge of soldiers wearing sort of name tag (10) 11 Dirty teeth wobble loose biting end of drill (5,3,4) 14 Rewards of victory, plus drink? Misery! (10) 17 So here’s a strange sort of fish (3,5) 19 Launch unfinished biography on posh chap (4-3) 21 Mate’s superior and singular cure (7) 22 Place for coach’s rudimentary craft (6) 25 Network routine with no name (4)