CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Use guide, perhaps, to get item familiar to students? (8,4) 8 Best role almost at sea for

marine crustacean (7) 9 Scathing military bigwig touring area with American team’s leader (7) 11 Type of Italian sausage in a

poor state alarmed lot (10) 12 Some slim acrobat in South

American capital (4) 14 Waiter is shifting

hanging plant (8) 16 Bestow an award on

comedian Stan (6) 17 Long period covered

by better amenity (3) 19 Feature of a canal elevated

small garage? (4-2) 21 Note time amid activity

done with a needle? (8) 24 Unwelcome characteristic in French visionary’s case (4) 25 Mysterious town looms around island in form of TV footage? (4,6) 27 Taking up residence after leaving Latvia’s capital and surroundings (7) 28 Darren’s organised

minor tasks? (7) 29 Press notable for representing athlete’s finest feat (8,4)

DOWN

1 European has impressions

about British boards? (7) 2 Minor actor with sense about role ultimately? That’s irrelevant (10) 3 A generic novel for

writer Dale (8) 4 Son facing mess first off gets

agricultural implement (6) 5 Show strong emotion left trapped by unsound scheme (not half) (4) 6 Something dishonest in terrible tour? It’s an atypical thing (7) 7 Varied welders mull over opening of shop for poorer residents? (4-8) 10 Last chairman sacked for

fraudulent expertise? (12) 13 One bus rate sorted out

in seaside resort (10) 15 Part of a curve in sanctuary

from a flood, we’re told (3) 18 American mistakenly read law getting unfair treatment (1,3,4) 20 Copper shortly screened

liquid container? (7) 22 Barnet might get

such coverage? (7) 23 Standard applied to

old drinking vessel (6) 26 Missing note, ties

together proposals (4)