CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Tool for artist keen to work with a felt-tip (7,5) 8. I retain absurd resistance to change (7) 9. Horse gets stuck in manger nonstop (7) 11. Close to fracas, a guy ran in, injured, bloodstained (10) 12. Cut extra fight (4) 14. I sign the fancy retirement clothes (8) 16. Group engaged in momentous legal tangle (6) 17. Old boat’s still overturned (3) 19. Most recent city exam (6) 21. Attempts to bring down despots Hotspur seized (3,5) 24. Handle Englishman on his return (4) 25. Complex matters inspire request for strict boss (10) 27. Law in Utah appearing in another part of US (7) 28. Tiny animals occasionally harm power brake (7) 29. Dancer on edge maybe thinks Katherine runs (6,6)

Down

1. Wasted nine grand on pianoforte in German money once (7) 2. Literature has to set new decisive indicator (6,4) 3. Coach group’s model railway (5,3) 4. Complete National Theatre in Ireland (6) 5. Standard choice of adjacent letters (4) 6. Female secretaries admit gold cross is a blunder (4,3) 7. Hypothetical types nostalgic for golf course (7,5) 10. Doctoring style there covers unrestricted care? (6,6) 13. Rig worker just about recalled men replacing Jack (10) 15. Now and then slurp drink (3) 18. Reserve man of the gospel as aid to reader (8) 20. Skinheads riot? I’m panicking somewhat (7) 22. Live-in doctor losing head in period of revolution (7) 23. Riding school staff, say, last to leave (6) 26. Master turns up in Uruguay (4)