CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,289

ACROSS

1 Five laptops for broadcasting

musical event (3,8) 9 Notice farm animal around

can lately leaking slowly? (7) 10 Assimilates compilations

of material (7) 11 Some actor characterising

an imaginary creature (3) 12 Act ends surprisingly in

additional vocal part (7) 13 American formulated a term about guy essentially not a pro? (7) 14 Titled figure is skier

on and off (3) 15 Ingredient in beer still produced around area with sun (5) 17 Follows stories on radio (5) 18 Summarise first half of case

in person on reflection (5) 20 One entering bay, say,

in Scottish island (5) 22 Cosmetic product to

take a definite form? (3) 24 Head covering left with sign

of hesitation for gangster (7) 25 They might get rid of mistakes in games of bridge (7) 26 Cross put in here

regularly in river (3) 27 Racing driver in beginning

acquiring two points (7) 28 Mexican food? It is put

in hole shortly (7) 29 One’s earlier disorientated

in African country (6,5)

DOWN

1 Rose secures pork cooked in thickwalled pans (8,7) 2 Priest with a college covered in climbing plant has seclusion (7) 3 Fungal disease found in Nuremberg otherwise (5) 4 Shed involved in new trade in North Yorkshire town (9) 5 Virginia is given financial aid for tramp (7) 6 Bug, perhaps, ruined

selective dining (9,6) 7 Assistants suppressing first of such private comments (6) 8 Very large flower for

Egyptian deity (6) 16 Later time for mending aircraft instrument (9) 18 Use again without improvement English hotel amid spots? (6) 19 Learner in America beset by head getting to throb? (7) 21 Ban European doctor

on famous vessel (7) 23 Set of items about

boxer Sonny (6) 25 One defying authority spilt beer close to wall (5)