CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,370

Across

1 Initially baggy rear in evidence for some pants (6) 4 Fancy woman resists running after male (8) 9 Threaten current politician facing termination (6) 10 One gives nearly complete care protecting this writer (8) 11 Old victory secured by sovereign territory (8) 13 One who loathes consuming energy for fire (6) 15 Stickler for niceties breaking down in physical training (13) 18 A neighbour’s key cut out for crime (13) 22 Hardship of ship worker reportedly (6) 24 Dispatch square leg at Edgbaston to cover (8) 26 Extensive debts following limits being withdrawn (8) 27 Fortified outside pub, like a fish? (6) 28 Uncertainty beginning to see pound’s dropped in value (8) 29 Sex details of French Resistance (6)

Down

1 Hollow balloons, frail inside? (6) 2 Spontaneous rogue Trump improbably taking over (9) 3 Devotee follower caught Queen penning single (7) 5 Man say, remains superior to the French (4) 6 Bombshell split party holding power (7) 7 Be leaving, accepting direction (5) 8 Settled charge with University admittance is steep (8) 12 The woman swathed in blubber getting red (6) 14 In past RAF employed machinegun (6) 16 Fixed hip secured round end of femur (9) 17 Refrains from tasks with useless content (8) 19 Learned sweetheart’s bawdy about sex (7) 20 Record times broken in one event’s opening (7) 21 Binge, oddly nude, consumed by drink (6) 23 Attack small animals (5) 25 Turn over secure weapons (4)