CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rough spherical object found by recreation ground (8) 5 Not charged, deserter held by American soldiers (6) 9 Bad thing, weapon used in disco (9) 11 Country in revolutionary fairy story (5)

12 Live on edge (6)

13 Good boys protecting kid in best clothes (4,4) 15 Take the part of one of Silver’s crew and he will be very angry (4,5,4) 18 Fifties kitchen sink drama — something Winnie was fond of? (1,5,2,5) 22 Judge’s pipe (8)

23 In section of sea, notice a large fleet (6) 26 Played out, even across river (5) 27 Announce team in the USA (9) 28 County town originally producing a red wine (6) 29 You almost sussed out Greek hero (8)

DOWN

1 Row right up close to craft on the rocks (8) 2 Gallons stored in

Asian country port (5) 3 Foolish to stay up in German city (7) 4 Function of pitch, reportedly (4) 6 Remainder to lodge round university (7) 7 Sailor, man wearing waterproof stuff (9)

8 Few and far between, boxes on foremost of estates (6) 10 Everyone, taken in by most of band, in uproar (8) 14 Fellow members run into trouble with Society (8) 16 Evergreen opera song about a posh limo? (9) 17 Famous pianist, murderess’s first husband in Sayers novel (4,4) 19 Shorten a piece of snooker equipment (7) 20 Short durable cape — that’s the gear (7) 21 Bitterly cold in lorry crossing Canada’s capital (6) 24 Similar article to enjoy (5) 25 Eccentric queen, for example (4)