LONDON TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Call about books used to make hearty dish (6)

4 Yale finally reward American academic no longer in post (8) 10 Force prisoners onto coach (9) 11 Challenge leader of Brexit party (5) 12 Fat Queen’s supplies of food (7) 14 Pass cheese around old church - something to accompany it? (7) 15 “Goodbye to Berlin”? (3,11) 18 Beastly New Guinean police forbid march around island (4,2,8) 22 Revolutionary London college with a top football team (7) 24 Engineers enter dock on English warship (7) 25 A large weapon creates panic (5) 26 I ignored label put on a massive battle-axe (9) 28 Cheap yet novel pirate equipment (8)

29 Expose the truth about controversial food (6) Down

1 After spillage I clear up rum (8) 2 With Sun obscured chap won’t! (3) 3 Start losing support? (3,6) 5 Small check for drinks found here? Possibly not (7) 6 Inferior player has time off to become teacher (5) 7 Uninspired about plot to finally remove loyal Tory in the 1980s (11) 8 Surrendered say, to such top players? (6) 9 Dad exercised and took a rest (6) 13 Chop up rare fig tree to get cool (11) 16 After a time command without heart and commit mass destruction (9) 17 Pleased with journalist’s last moving column (8) 19 Crazy female led movement out of control (7) 20 Book about older fringe performers (6)

21 Small wrap contains last of cucumber pickle (6)

23 Steps taken to get son a management qualification (5) 27 Place to leave fruit for parrot (3)