CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Large antelope chasing mammal over plateau (9) 6. Street urchin playin' for money (5) 9. Promiscuous woman rebuffed by theatre luvvies? (7) 10. Francophile presumably mentioned plant growth (7) 11. Definitely a period of nine months? (3) 12. Look carefully at what makes a typical Tory? (11) 14. Academic stumbled over words at the outset (6) 15. Beach souvenir girl left, eaten by marine creature (3,5) 17. Trains do crash in part of arch (8) 19. Provide drink before journey regularly (6) 22. Face punishment, omitting initial on census (11) 23. Boat that's unwieldy however capsizes (3) 25. Here's what I think about former style of painting (7) 27. Met doctor on train (3,4) 28. Brave chap guarding borders of Thebes (5) 29. Not many are inclined to shelter on coast (9)

DOWN

1. Portion of feta's typically pleasing to the palate (5) 2. Tussle fixing plug? Tool needed (7) 3. Assume worker will swallow yellow linctus (11) 4. Displaying top-quality jewellery item (6) 5. Bank introducing easy loans from the outset? Nonsense (8) 6. Upper-class female in pin-up (3) 7. Artist briefly pens label for pictures (7) 8. Hardly our French friend (3,6) 13. Beyond bend German river turns, skirting northern region that's unknown? (8,3) 14. Wincing a bit during lively dance (9) 16. Finish series of festivities, principally (5,3) 18. Advertise cut of steak in Tweets regularly (7) 20. Series of books kept by coppers showing future promise? (7) 21. Unqualified, one abandons English course (6) 24. Cook first portions of beef rib with alternative to lard? (5) 26. Christian group having variable influence (3)