CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Complicated matters should

include a good plan (9)

6 King James, for example, showing bitterness about start of battle (5)

9 One may be under fire, seeing

price put on gallon (5)

10 Violent players may be

plastered (9)

11 Accuse them if prepared to

accept consequences (4,3,5) 14 Feel a stickler will keep

flexible (7)

16 Show son must be trapped in a

racket (7)

17 Idiot seeing service losing

millions (3)

18 Imprisoned right person with

secret information (7) 20 Amount that can be carried by

hospital is noxious (7) 22 Miserable place for dancing last

one awful (12)

26 Clot’s actual ego damaged (9) 27 Mostly dead – and popular –

language (5)

28 Flower linking destiny with

America (5) 29 A bold pose transformed this

dance (4,5)

DOWN

1 Green fuel must go up,

suppressing energy (4) 2 Fancy going topless

for paper (4)

3 History article approved for

broadcast (3,4)

4 Stuff found in Grieg or

Gershwin? (5)

5 Terrible hum – so what recommendation from the dentist? (9)

6 Region once seeing prejudice

mostly about old border (7) 7 Annoyed part of orchestra

served up very loud song (7,3) 8 Gin client mixed before end of

day, trying to seduce (10) 12 Occasional sort of table? (10) 13 Beginning to doubt? (5,5) 15 Cheat and pack

instrument (4-5)

19 Sea anchors may be terribly

dangerous without 25, oddly (7) 21 Sold in need of a spruced up

bathroom? (7)

23 City shelter on drugs,

outwardly (5)

24 Crack in captain’s table (4) 25 Girl needing a new name

missing in the morning (4)