CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Content doing porridge (6)

4 Liking power and charm (8)

9 Fly is twice tested, oddly (6) 10 Handle can start shaking (8) 12 Leader of Conservatives stirring wild party (8) 13 Blokes practically great in the head (6) 15 Humiliation as member rants insanely (13)

18 Old chuntering about lingerie (13) 22 Scattered boxes primarily empty (6) 24 By necessity some wallpaper for ceiling (8)

26 No one cheers over following rubbish turn (8)

27 Press secretary with additional note about Queen (6) 28 Drink’s knocked back, linger for piece of cake (8) 29 Reduce sound of drill (6)

DOWN

1 Sound diplomacy after case of incarceration (6) 2 He parades around front line (9) 3 Trouble from wind is turbulent (7)

5 The woman’s vulgarly mentioned slips (4) 6 Pines, say, losing one’s presents (7) 7 Change a point to accommodate lawyer (5) 8 Shot by Italy changed everything (8) 11 Postman cycles losing heart for rounds (7) 14 Directed by company, switched men on board (7) 16 Agree new head shows enthusiasm (9)

17 To purist rambling is better (8) 19 First of recipes: one’s extravagant duck dish (7) 20 Pump up popular apartment price finally (7) 21 Ocean’s relating to salt? (6) 23 They are against fiddling after losing a grand (5) 25 Etiquette of fish knife’s last (4)