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)