CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,651
Across
1 Revenue including award close to unbelievable (6)
4 Means of communication developed in chalet (8) 10 Flight case? (9)
11 Stylish seconds displayed by marketplace (5)
12 US city showing elegance in the past (7)
13 First woman carrying official document recalled as devious (7)
14 Tedium of bridge opponents facing night in Calais without end (5)
15 Perhaps fat Greek character will accompany one in river (8)
18 Noted painting represented animals round circle (4,4)
20 Crucial factor for a chef in style (5)
23 A voluntary group see ship in confusion (2,1,4)
25 Car and tree obscured row of houses (7)
26 Motivated swarm of people (5)
27 ‘Knight time’ – humorous feature in advertising? (4,5)
28 Term in EU devised for one defying authority (8)
29 Cross mongrel (6)
Down
1 At home, tight-knit group pens note privately? (2,6)
2 Tribal lot round port producing kind of trumpet (7)
3 Drink and spoil a ceremonial event almost in Georgia (9)
5 Hot and bothered author in hotel, irritatingly sanctimonious (6,4,4)
6 Section of libretto’s captivating in opera (5)
7 Fashionable to conceal trouble at rising type of restaurant (7)
8 Admission in course of dinner? (6)
9 A sincere canon’s arranged initial survey (14)
16 Mutual action in The
Caretaker, for instance? Not initially (9)
17 Loathsome act surrounding trial (8)
19 Cockney has to enter old stronghold that’s rather inferior (2,1,4)
21 ‘Small’ bet with grand in boastful style (7)
22 Managed to get on top of St Paul’s, say, briefly – that’s irregular (6)
24 Maybe Indian company brought up English article (5)