CRYPtIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Activity for boaters left with extra layers outside (8) 6 Boat’s small, circular path (5) 10 Ted, holding reel, fished from a boat (7) 11 Accuse a regime at hearing (7) 12 Circle in sort of reed boat (5) 13 Wail about a pain in the neck and a small vessel (9) 14 New resident put in (8)

16 Six inside were changing survey (6) 19 Restricted outstanding crew’s activity (6) 21 Company crosses finish first, embracing a crew member (8) 24 Fast boat’s hot and strangely dry of lubricant (9) 25 Listened to case for a brain’s boat (5)

26 Sea initially in poor condition for going in a boat (7) 27 Artist’s line connecting a boat to a quay (7)

28 Try to catch fish in space between two lines (5) 29 Cruise attendants wed stars at sea (8) DOWN 2 One spring, head of stream is overflowing (7) 3 Search through model vessels (5) 4 Charger I name with bad credit (8)

5 Old man’s good alternatives to stairways (6)

6 Waves after street walkers (9) 7 Storied trio returning in otherwise independent craft (7) 8 Write “New York” for very little money (5) 9 More heavily built winter athlete taking to cold (8) 15 Make no sense of crazy dream in Oz (9) 17 Manipulative sorts with peeves about lake (8) 18 Drinks in “Unforgettable” singer’s breakdown (8) 20 Hockey player keeping tag on cushiony material (7) 22 Touched on Western feature in commercial (7) 23 Pronounced positions for some kayakers’ limbs (6)

24 Spray water on head of ancient prophet (5) 25 Knife associated with a Hindu deity (5)