CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 News hits out about married

poet, perhaps (9)

6 Detectives ought to arrest

leading matchmaker (5)

9 Small and friendly crowd on the

move (5)

10 Dares to go out of the theatre

this way? (5,4)

11 Go in using jemmy, being

resourceful (12)

14 Exposed rock group’s work

around criminal court (7) 16 Simple and effective angle

developed in case of export (7) 17 Habitual response to gum

without protection? (3) 18 Notices planted in river area

and lake (4,3)

20 Modern entrepreneur’s European fashion, reportedly (1-6)

22 Company people must welcome company getting verification (12) 26 Lapse in supervision (9)

27 Slim girl’s first obsession (5) 28 Material that acted as

substitute? (5)

29 Naval officer’s been on rum,

drunk (6,3) DOWN

1 Clean coat used by painter (4) 2 Fear losing head for study (4) 3 Hurried up after house discussion group (7) 4 Contentious topic for children (5)

5 Some armour needed for the man with a daughter and gun in America (9) 6 English weakness after credit for crack (7) 7 Rewarding suitable answer in endless puzzle (10)

8 Insulting doctor or aged Conservative (10) 12 Leaders seeing behaviour with soldiers on last of manoeuvres (10)

13 The achievement of a teetotaller isn’t commonly welcoming people (10)

15 Tramping around nursing a

grouse (9)

19 Dons may be working after

mistakes (5,2)

21 Early Christian job in sales

discovered (7)

23 Symbol of bear market’s

origin (5)

24 Agents must have nothing for so long (4)

25 Fit is imprecise, very lacking (4)