DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Partner in crime to be at odds with ring leader (7) 5 Ironclad round the border (6)

9 Fundamental as ringing the Italian churches (9)

10 Bite leader of the orchestra during dance (5)

11 Scoundrel may regret catching swine, but missing head (5)

12 Smart set earn pay back through double-dealing (9) 13 Turn rest off the unmarried one (8)

14 In the role of hapless hero of On The Beach (6)

17 Rug with a medium Indian dwelling (6)

19 Still in office after losing with a pretty weak score of zero (4,4)

22 Dreary routine of cash machine being broken into by armed miscreant (9)

24 Not suitable for stylish apartment (5)

26 Relationship created a riot (5)

27 Setting price by price is not right when it’s very steep (9) 28 A little jumpy after a glance through the leg field? (2,4)

29 Serious disorder of time in Austen novel (7)

DOWN

1 Yellow belly first to be taken on by bucking mare (5) 2 Devil-may-care for simple send-off (4-5)

3 Bank workers hid two pounds in rubber trees (7) 4 Bounce back for the right to retain a different choice (8) 5 Stick-in-the-mud ship encased in metal sheeting (6) 6 Crying after nastier disagreements (2,5)

7 Some DNA outlines one who’s trapped by the bottle (5)

8 Totally feeble audition at Easter time (4,4)

13 Cuts through sailors and was knocked senseless (3,5) 15 Discharge of eggs thrown out on vial (9)

16 Count new site as the most primitive (8)

18 Mechanical man rebuilt road in dead end (7)

20 Title is spurned by snob (7) 21 Sissy half-male in sister’s outfit (6)

23 Scoff at home outbreak of tinea (3,2)

25 Steer out of the forest (5)