CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Curate claps play for

being very striking (11) 9 Read about peculiar

feature of a faculty? (7) 10 Give new name to tyres

manufactured by the French (7) 11 Endlessly lament extinct

flightless bird (3) 12 Duly met changes

in a quiet way (7) 13 Fellow allowed garland

on head (7) 14 Cheer from artist

with husband (3) 15 Head of security in shape

largely in Iraqi city (5) 17 Unattached son found in

Cornish town (5) 18 Note small car in front

of Frenchman (5) 20 Take away weapons from Royal

Marines trailing woman (5) 22 Snooker player Tony detained

by some officials (3) 24 Feeling of revulsion is beginning to grow amid sign of neglect? (7) 25 Be careful of group’s

mentality (7) 26 Long period in

competitive rally (3) 27 We rest nervously after

donning a garment (7) 28 Husband feeling poorly

is signalling to stop? (7) 29 Source of stupidity surprisingly

in previous oversight (11)

DOWN

1 Take a walk and congest

shelters after a storm (7,4,4) 2 Upstanding writer about a lord resettled in peer’s territory (7) 3 Tense parent ignoring

first part of body (5) 4 Dear woman gathering a name for Roman emperor (9) 5 Tips for leisure a plus amazingly for noted guitarist (3,4) 6 Claim noisy rooms disrupted

major national inquiry (5,10) 7 Cricketer in body of water on both sides of the Channel? (6) 8 Rugby player has filling

in a chocolate (6) 16 Second relative repeated signs of hesitation, being one to potter (9) 18 Fashionable way of working supported by attractive type (6) 19 Gradually increase support for equipment at a higher level (5,2) 21 U.S. composer Henry worked in main round west end of Chicago (7) 23 Loss of power disclosed

over period (6) 25 Maid works to accommodate hard messianic leader (5)