CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Italian city ramble through a labyrinth? (4) 3 A bookish sort, Margaret returned Robin’s love (10) 9 Fix a musical’s opening and finale (5) 11 Idiocy about masculine teachings of Joseph Smith (9) 12 A permanent blemish covered by Mom’s makeup (7) 13 Hate what’s in salt, but not salt (5) 15 Spread of the sea including needlefish (9) 17 Pound down a Florida town (5) 19 What people call each other in Vietnamese (5) 21 Amulets for Latin mass redistributed (9) 23 Primate right behind large Aussie bird (5) 24 Backing up, unfortunately bump into dessert wine (7) 26 Friendly radical in the middle of fair (9) 27 Name of a girl in Sondheim’s last song (5) 28 Something fruity: playing harmonicas (10) 29 Wise guy endlessly did laps in a pool (4)

DOWN

1 Guys in back get tangled up in treaty violation (10) 2 Alert moms stirred up turbulence (9) 4 Odd couple starting ballroom dance (5) 5 Like some statuary stone, spoil with added aluminum (9) 6 Lover, on the other hand, in a fog (7) 7 I had one mantra syllable, in a manner of speaking (5) 8 Sub captain’s sign turned around (4) 10 Little drink before a play (5) 14 Needless scare ruined a safer mall (5,5) 16 Bury me with a pair of sheets in lace together (9) 18 Film star and soldier who’s gone a long way to fight (3,6) 20 Monkeys without clothing I note (7) 22 Medical fluid for emergency room, in addition (5) 23 Less convincing version of “The Sea” in Quebec (5) 24 Month with an inhabitant of Yucatan (5) 25 Short rascal’s hoax (4)