CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Roy Rogers’s horse content to be acting rashly (7-5) 8. 11 minus 10 moved in that direction once (7) 9. Punk rocker you arrested here in France (7) 11. Their collapse comes in tenth or three holes later (10) 12. Himalayan legend still current (4) 14. Anita flies round New Zealand area in African state (8) 16. Reposition direct entry in right-hand column (6) 17. Initially a regular curve (3) 19. Tory’s trained to eat English seafood (6) 21. Believing in weird futurist, I make way for student (8) 24. Mate grabs one bucket (4) 25. Old racket British tolerated for a change (10) 27. Piece of hair curled right round fireplace (7) 28. Damage unusual relic parish priest brought in (7) 29. Working solo, Dempsey fell ill, earning nothing (4-8)

Down

1. Instinctive knowledge but not in teaching (7) 2. Maybe with reason investing time for son in trouble (2,3,5) 3. Patience regularly applied to pull up shrub (8) 4. Tries stupidly to grasp five pins (6) 5. Mischievous 17 hit it off (4) 6. Unstable deep rock finally removed go ahead (7) 7. U.S. cop’s reassigned to a protester (5,7) 10. Hot sailors may be in them in their vessels at sea (12) 13. Success: property is rebuilt (10) 15. MacArthur’s essentially cunning (3) 18. I’m in Arctic, shivering; latitude urgently needed (8) 20. Violent scene involves Channel Islands subject (7) 22. Former criminal crushed top of hoarding (7) 23. Batman beaten? He’s chicken! (6) 26. Symbol in music (left-hand side) (4)