LONDON TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Endless material about radical plays (6) 4 Bananas — excellent with marmite? (8)

10 Is it sweet to celebrate a fast finish? (6,3) 11 Bloomer gets fearsome person beheaded (5) 12 Girl embraces very loud one at start of company do (7) 14 Pick up note about show (7) 15 Gardener’s hemp mixed with heroin makes one barking (6,8) 18 Organise long gun with tear gas for something trooper might use? (6,8) 22 Nearly twenty five quid in ship’s gold fund ... (7)

24 ... and get to tip of England by means of one (7) 25 Vehicle leaves NW city to get fabric (5)

26 It’s harsh to hang one German — then another (9) 28 Game making you love college after start of the working week (8)

29 One tends to fire person having puff after school (6)

Down

1 Arrange date for an

Olympic event (8) 2 Dashing around this beast may be troubling (3) 3 On camera I made new drink (9) 5 Music magazine — famous American one (7) 6 Budget car initially has great deal (5) 7 Female abandons large puma for naughty bit of fun (7,4)

8 Troy, an ancient city, important in this country (6)

9 Some men have no time for Rugby (6)

13 Tree with scouts in worried relative (5,6) 16 Something very good on Kindle to underline (9) 17 Youth showing support in front of Harry and his gran (8) 19 Overturn trunk containing exotic dress to reveal gem (7) 20 England once again left beaten (6) 21 Shelter’s variable in a humble dwelling (6) 23 Dust benches erected around start of evensong

(5) 27 Ignoring the odds dislike class (3)